WW2 GeneralDiscuss Siege of Leningrad, 1941-1944 in the World War II - General forums; Exactly 67 years ago at 9 September Germans surrounded the city of Leningrad cutting off all supply lines. The siege ...
Exactly 67 years ago at 9 September Germans surrounded the city of Leningrad cutting off all supply lines. The siege lasted 872 days, some 1,2 million of Leningrad citizens died from hunger, cold and German bombardments.
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Read a book on it about 10 years ago. Unfortunately, there has not been a flood of books from Russia since the Soviet Union dropped off the map. Too bad 'cause there is a story there that really isn't known in the west. Beyond "Enemy at the Gates", "Stalingrad" and a few others, it really is an unknown and vitally important war in the west.
But back to the book. Very good book. Can not remember the name but the details and how they kept battling was incredible. It had stories in it of everything from cannibalism (usually instant execution by the local authorities) to starvation (common, especially amongst kids) to a tenacity amongst the defenders that defies belief. They just wouldn't give up.
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Marines don't have that problem."
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Probably was. He was a writer who had the knack of making a story interesting. Not that Lenningrad wasn't by itself. But he did the same thing with Overlord and Arnhem.
the Symphony No. 7 of Shostakovich , was written in the city under starvation , cold and artillery shells . Buy it now guys, it's a scream and triumph at the same time.
Originally Posted by pbfoot
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