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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- Authors:
- Reid, Anna
- Year Published:
- 2012
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Paperback
- ISBN:
- 9781408822418
- Number of Pages:
- 528
- Publication Date:
- 30/08/2012
- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Publication Date:
- 30/08/2012
- Language:
- English
- SKU:
- 9781408822418