The Siege of Leningrad 1941-44 900 Days of Terror

 

Nazi Germany's siege of Leningrad is one of world history's epic chapters. For nearly three years, the people of this industrial port city withstood everything the surrounding German Army could throw at them-and their resistance sounded a crucial death knell for Hitler's ambitions to rule Europe. The people of this Soviet city endured everything that the German Army could throw at them, and by their success placed a fatal block on Hitler's ambitions to rule Europe. The story is compelling as the Germans tried one method after another to reduce the defences and break the morale of the population. This compelling narrative explains the increasingly drastic methods employed by the Wehrmacht to reduce the city's defenses and break the morale of its citizens, while also examining Leningrad's political symbolism, the Red Army's frantic counteroffensives, and the hardships faced by Leningraders-4,000 citizens starved to death on Christmas Day 1941 alone, for example. This volume provides an in-depth analysis of the siege and contains firsthand accounts of those living in Leningrad during that time. Filled with previously unseen photographs from Soviet sources. All battles in and around Leningrad during the siege are chronicled. Previously unpublished photographs, detailed maps, and firsthand accounts are supplemented by an overview of the roles played by Soviet leaders and the heroism of the city as a whole.

 

David M Glantz

Hardcover large format 224pp Brown Partworks 2001

 

Fine/Fine

Book Code:  SH3079