|
| |||||||
| WW2 General Every WW2 related discussion besides aviation. |
 |
| | LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
09-09-2008, 04:26 AM
| #1 |
| Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Moscow, Russia
Posts: 360
| Siege of Leningrad, 1941-1944 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. Записки наблюдателя - Блокада глазами архитекторов. |
|         |
|
09-09-2008, 04:34 AM
| #2 |
| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Cracow
Posts: 4,207
| ...
__________________  "A good fighter pilot, like a good boxer, should have a knockout punch..... You will find one attack you prefer to all others. Work on it till you can do it to perfection... then use it whenever possible." - Captain Reade Tilley, USAAF 7 Victories, WW-II - |
|
| |
|
09-09-2008, 10:46 AM
| #3 |
| Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Phila, Pa
Posts: 3,446
| 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. |
|
| |
|
09-09-2008, 02:11 PM
| #4 |
| aka Dickcheese   Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
Posts: 13,386
| I look forward to this thread Ramirezzz.
__________________  "Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the [U.S.] Marines don't have that problem." -- Ronald Reagan Master of Duplicate Posts |
|
| |
|
09-09-2008, 02:58 PM
| #5 |
| Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: niagara falls
Posts: 5,586
| was it 900 Days I think written by Cornelius Ryan |
| |
|
09-09-2008, 03:06 PM
| #6 | |
| Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Phila, Pa
Posts: 3,446
| Quote:
Good read. | |
|
| |
|
09-09-2008, 05:19 PM
| #7 |
| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Jersey
Posts: 5,682
 | Still inbelievable the Russians held there own for 900 days! |
|
| |
|
09-09-2008, 06:37 PM
| #8 | |
| Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Moscow, Russia
Posts: 360
| Quote:
| |
|
| |
|
09-09-2008, 07:57 PM
| #9 |
| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hurst, Texas
Posts: 2,825
| Say what you will about their politics, but those Russians had guts! Nerves of steel, balls of titanium.
__________________  Pillage, then burn. Argue not with dragons, for thou art crunchy and go well on toast. |
|
| |
|
09-09-2008, 08:01 PM
| #10 |
| Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Jersey
Posts: 5,682
| What was the Casualty toll on the Russians side...( Troops and Civilians ) |
|
| |
|
09-09-2008, 08:04 PM
| #11 | |
| Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Moscow, Russia
Posts: 360
| Quote:
irrecoverable: 332,059 KIAs, 111000 MIAs civilian casualties: 1200000-1500000 dead. | |
|
| |
|
09-09-2008, 08:06 PM
| #12 |
| Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Jersey
Posts: 5,682
| Thanks. How about the German Army? |
|
| |
|
09-09-2008, 08:09 PM
| #13 |
| Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Moscow, Russia
Posts: 360
| 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. |
|
| |
|
09-09-2008, 08:11 PM
| #14 | |
| Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Moscow, Russia
Posts: 360
| Quote:
| |
|
| |
|
09-09-2008, 08:12 PM
| #15 |
| Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Jersey
Posts: 5,682
| Thanks again |
|
| |
|
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
| |
Linear Mode
