BATTLE FOR LENINGRAD 1941-1944

The German siege and Soviet defence of Leningrad in World War II was an epic struggle in an epic war, a drama of heroism and human misery unmatched in the annals of modern warfare. This work provides a military history of the conflict waged beyond the city's borders. "Glantz, now the West's foremost expert on the Soviets' Great Patriotic War, fully exploits perhaps the most significant development ever in military historical scholarship - the opening of the enormous Soviet archives. This book meticulously chronicles the operational history of the Battle of Leningrad - the nearly three-year German siege of the city, and the Soviets' often disastrous attempts to lift it - which cost the Soviet Union close to two million civilians and soldiers….Definitive". "Atlantic Monthly". NB price quoted may be subject to change - a fluctuating rate set by the official United Kingdom importer.