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Leningrad
- A Captivating Guide to the Siege of Leningrad and Its Impact on World War 2 and the Soviet Union
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 1 hr and 29 mins
- Categories: History, Americas
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Publisher's Summary
If you want to discover the captivating history of the Siege of Leningrad, then pay attention...
From the early fall of 1941 until the winter of 1944, the Soviet city of Leningrad (today’s St. Petersburg) was almost completely surrounded by the forces of Nazi Germany and Finland. Though the siege lasted just under 900 days, to the citizens of the Soviet Union (and Russia today), this event is referred to as the “900-Day Siege”.
In those 900 days, the losses sustained by the Soviet Union were greater than the losses of Great Britain (est. 450,000) and the United States (est. 415,000) combined for the entire duration of the war. The losses in Leningrad (both civilian and military) amounted to over one million deaths, according to American military historian David Glantz. Other estimates reach the same general conclusion.
These one million victims of the Nazi siege did not only fall to Nazi bullets, bombs, and shells. The men, women, and children of Leningrad died in a variety of other ways as well, most of them exceedingly unpleasant, such as disease, starvation, and suicide. And, despite the propaganda from both sides, Russians are just as susceptible to cold weather as anyone else, especially when fuel runs out and there is not enough adequate clothing to go around.
In The Siege of Leningrad: A Captivating Guide to the Siege of Leningrad and Its Impact on World War 2 and the Soviet Union, you will discover topics such as:
- Before the siege
- Horror approaches
- Attack
- Civilians and defense
- The battlefield
- Inside the city
- Stalin returns to his old methods
- And much, much more!
So if you want to learn more about the Siege of Leningrad, buy this book today!
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- Anonymous User
- 18-12-2020
A key battle in World War II.
This is a great work about the siege of Leningrad. The German and Finnish forces investing in this center committed war crimes by trying to starve this city of two million. The Russian Communist authorities also showed poor planning when trying to maintain the food stocks and fighting capabilities of the Army defending the city. The Russian commoners of the city were the victims of this poor management by the Communist officials and they were denied life-saving food and medicine.
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- Terri Shelton
- 18-12-2020
seige of Lenengrad
Michael Jones composes a clear, well documented, account of the siege, He tells of courage, cowardice, ineptitude, compassion, and self-indulgence brought on by hunger The work has illustrations, maps, an excellent timeline, notes, and a bibliography. Highly recommended for anyone who wants to understand what happened on the Eastern Front during the Great Patriotic War.
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- Robert Rogers
- 18-12-2020
The Siege of Leningrad
If you're interested or curious about the importance of the siege of Leningrad and how it became such an important battle for the Soviets, this is a good audible to start with. I took several Russian history/WWII classes in college and am familiar with much of the information presented here. But the work is worth a look!
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- Anonymous User
- 18-12-2020
A story of survival
Leningrad was the jewel of the empire, a cultural center and former capital of Russia. But in WW2 it became a battleground, a focus of the Nazi Operation Barbarossa. It became a multi-year siege (a siege is a military tactic to take a fortified stronghold by surrounding it, forming off supplies, and starving it into capitulating.
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- Ashley Retter
- 18-12-2020
The Effects Of Leningrad Being Surrounded.
This excellent audible tells about how the Nazis almost surrounded the city of Leningrad. As the work shows, the people of Leningrad did not only have military losses, but there were also civilian losses of starvation and disease. This work shows how the limited resources of the Russians in this crisis affected the Russians and the Allies with the after-effects during World War II.
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- Matthew Portlock
- 18-12-2020
Excellent Comprehensive
Captivating History made this work so much more powerful by highlighting the suffering of the noncombatants of Leningrad. This is the story of 900 days of suffering, said in concise, but robust terms. The audible starts by giving a short overview of the city of Leningrad and its value to the Russian people.
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- Nicole Nicole Petrie
- 18-12-2020
The Siege: Leningrad’s True Greatest Victory
Though the siege lasted 847 days, just below 900 days, it was still regarded as a “holy war” to Leningrad. Citizens, honorable, brave, and powerful, were the epitome of the Soviet Union (and Russia today), by all accounts. This event is refer the “900-Day Siege” and was never to be forgotten for all future generations to come and the deceased are honored every year by the parades in Russia.
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- Hamant Parekh
- 18-12-2020
The Death and Life of Leningrad
Anna Reid (1965-present) wrote solid account of the German siege of Siege of Leningrad:1941-1944. Reid started her book similar to Harrison Salisbury's book titled THE 900 DAYS. Reid's book is filled with poignant quotes and memoirs of the survivors and those who died. Reid gave the suffering detailed descriptions which should attract the attention of sensible, and sensitive readers.
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- Monnie Olea
- 02-12-2020
Hunger as a weapon
For anyone who requires to know why the USSR lost 27 million people in World War II, the siege of Leningrad is necessary.
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- Huong Lymon
- 02-12-2020
Chock-full of lengthened quotes from diaries and m
Chock-full of lengthened quotes from diaries and memoirs of everyday people, plus lots about the impulses and orders and actions of Stalin and Hitler that led to the disaster.
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- Niki Ruffing
- 02-12-2020
Beyond imagining.
I would suggest this book to anyone who has an interest in history, military history in special, and who would like an insight into what true misery must be like.
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- Bryanna Thurber
- 02-12-2020
A moving and powerful
This audiobook was detailed, moving, and powerful. The flexibility of the citizens during the siege deserves great respect. Must audio if you are taken in the history of WW2
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- Candice Crayton
- 02-12-2020
arrative history of Leningrad's siege
Kursk were all more powerful that way) but was very important at the human scale. I'd suggest the AUDIObook for all world war II practitioners who normally focus on the political or military side of effects.
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- Riva Malachi
- 02-12-2020
A Captivating Guide
It is a very sad story but requires to be learned - about what happens to people in extreme circumstances. Each of us should consider himself liable for similar results.
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