Leningrad

Leningrad Hero City Language:English Format:Paperback Dimensions:7.5" x 9.5" Pages:128 Photos:150 photographs Publisher:Pen and Sword Military ISBN:9781848845145 Item No. 9781848845145 The 900-day siege of the Soviet city of Leningrad by the combined forces of the Germans and the Finns is one of the most remarkable, and terrible, events of the Second World War, yet until recently it has not received the attention it deserves � it has been overshadowed by other massive confrontations on the Eastern Front, at Stalingrad and Kursk. And rarely has the compelling story of the siege been told through graphic wartime photographs like those that author Nik Cornish has collected for this book. Many of these images have not been published before, and they give an unflinching insight into the reality of the conditions of the siege as it was experienced by the soldiers on each side and by the civilians trapped in the city who