Hero City
Leningrad 1943–44
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Prit Buttar
One of the greatest ever sieges is masterfully brought to life by a leading expert on the Eastern Front.
At the height of World War II the people of Leningrad endured a bitter 900-day siege, struggling against bombing, shelling, and starvation. Prit Buttar tells the story of how the siege was finally broken. The Red Army had suffered multiple setbacks in the preceding two years but achieved a partial success by breaking the blockage in early 1943. However, this was followed by further failed attempts to lift the siege completely.
But by simply enduring the siege in the face of impossible odds, Russian soldiers and civilians beat the Germans. By the end of 1943 the German forces, themselves broken by deprivations and extreme weather, began to pull back. Here was the opportunity the Soviet forces had been waiting for. The Red Army launched a decisive attack that broke through and ended the siege. Their determination to hold out has become a hugely significant part of Russian history, the echoes of the battle helping to define both a country and its politics.
This compelling history uses original Russian source material to vividly describe the deprivations visited upon those trapped. But it also details the tactical successes and strategic failures of both sides as well as the appalling war crimes that have forever stained the ground in and around this historic city.©2024 Prit Buttar (P)2024 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The final, definitive word on the most brutal siege of a population in modern history.
Prit Buttar’s complete command of the sources makes him uniquely qualified to complete this story of the World War II struggle for the soul of Communism, Leningrad.
This book offers an impressive patch in the tapestry of written history that points toward the truth.
Through a fine body of well-researched work, Prit Buttar has established himself as one of the UK’s leading Eastern Front historians for both the First and Second World Wars.
This book and its predecessor will surely be the definitive history of the war on the Eastern Front and the siege of Leningrad. (Gordon Corrigan)
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