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Battle for Leningrad 1941-1944

By: University Press of Kansas

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Historical Books (University Press of Kansas)

Last Stocked on 7/9/2023

Product Info

Title
Battle for Leningrad 1941-1944
Category
Author
David M. Glantz
Publish Year
2002
Pages
660
Dimensions
6.5x9.25x2"
NKG Part #
2147855710
Type
Hardcover

Description

The German siege and Soviet defense of Leningrad in World War II was an epic struggle in an epic war, a drama of heroism and human misery unmatched in the annals of modern warfare. This work provides a military history of the conflict waged beyond the city's borders. One of the first major Soviet cities threatened by the German Blitzkrieg, Leningrad was as much a symbolic target as it was a strategic one for Adolf Hitler, who fully expected the birthplace of the Russian Revolution to be reduced to rubble quickly and with ease. The Red Army's ferocious defense of the city, however, made that impossible. The text covers the full story of how these two military giants bludgeoned each other for nearly three years with a relentless barrage of offensives and counter-offensives designed to crush one another, in horrendous weather and a harsh terrain and with staggering loss of life on both sides. It shows how battles and campaigns were conceived, engaged and resolved - including a half dozen or more "forgotten battles" that took place during the blockade.

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