Leningrad: Tragedy of a City under Siege, 1941-44

Name: Leningrad: Tragedy of a City under Siege, 1941-44
Brand: Bloomsbury Paperbacks
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By Anna Reid

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When Hitler attacked the Soviet Union in June 1941, he intended to capture Leningrad before turning on Moscow. Soviet resistance forced him to change tactics: with his forward troops only thirty kilometres from the city's historic centre, he decided instead to starve it out. Using newly available diaries and government records, Anna Reid describes a city's descent into hell - the breakdown of electricity and water supply; subzero temperatures; the consumption of pets, joiner's glue and face cream; the dead left unburied where they fell - but also the extraordinary endurance, bravery and self-sacrifice, despite the cruelty and indifference of the Kremlin.

Product details

Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 528
Release Date:: 2012-08-30
Publication Date:: 2012-08-30
Publisher:: Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Languages:: Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:: 1408822415
Weight:: 1050 g
Height:: 19.8 cm
Width:: 12.8 cm
Thickness:: 3.8 cm

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