The Siege of Leningrad

The Battle for Leningrad — this is the longest land military campaign of World War II. It lasted a full four years — from July 1941 to July 1944. During the 872 days of the siege of Leningrad, the city's residents and the soldiers who defended it went through incredibly difficult trials: bombings, artillery shelling, fires, hunger, cold, thirst, and constant fear of death. Leningrad was a front where there was no rear, a city destined for a slow and painful death, but it withstood because it was protected by iron men. The incredible story of the defense of Leningrad during the war reverberated around the world. Now, when the archives have been opened and historians have been given the opportunity to work with previously classified documents, the grandeur of the Leningraders' feat has shone in all its glory. The book is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the lifting of the siege of Leningrad.