The Battle for Leningrad, 1941-1944

By:

David M Glantz

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Hardback

Series:

Modern War Studies

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The German seige and Soviet defense 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. One of the first major Soviet cities threatened by the German Blitzkrieg, Leningrad was as much a symbolic target as it was a strategic one for Adolf Hitler, who fully expected the birthplace of the Russian Revolution to be reduced to rubble quickly and with ease. The Red Army's ferocious defense of the city, however, made that impossible. The text covers the full story of how these two military giants bludgeoned each other for nearly three years with a relentless barrage of offensives and counter-offensives designed to crush one another, in horrendous weather and a harsh terrain and with staggering loss of life on both sides. It shows how battles and campaigns were conceived, engaged and resolved - including a half dozen or more ""forgotten battles"" that took place during the blockade.

Author Biography:

David M. Glantz is the author of The Battle of Kursk, Stumbling Colossus: The Red Army on the Eve of World War, Zhukov's Greatest Defeat: The Red Army's Epic Disaster in Operation Mars, and When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler, all published by Kansas.

Release date Australia

November 30th, 2002

Author

David M Glantz

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Illustrations

90 illustrations, 16 maps

Pages

660

Series

Modern War Studies

Dimensions

152x229x48

ISBN-13

9780700612086

Product ID

2404940

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