Leningrad : state of siege /
In August 1941, Hitler's armies blocked the last roads leading into Leningrad. What followed was one of the most horrific sieges in history.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Basic Books,
2008
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Timeline
- Bread rations
- "An almost scientific method" : the German advance
- "The biggest bag of shit in the Army" : attempts to defend
- The butcher's hook : ordinary civilians' experience
- The noose : the blockade is not broken
- Elena's sketchbook : the emerging horror
- The abortionist : the onset of mass starvation
- One black beret : the authorities lose control
- The road of life : keeping hope alive
- The symphony : finding the will to survive
- Operation Spark : the military breakthrough
- Something necessary : the siege is lifted
- Epilogue.
