Leningrad: Tragedy of a City under Siege, 1941-44 by Anna Reid [Paperback]

Description: 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.

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EAN: 9781408822418

UPC: 9781408822418

ISBN: 9781408822418

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

Item Length: 19.8 cm

Number of Pages: 528 Pages

Language: English

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

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Publication Year: 2012

Subject: Government, History

Item Height: 198 mm

Item Weight: 410 g

Type: Textbook

Author: Anna Reid

Item Width: 129 mm

Format: Paperback