Leningrad : tragedy of a city under siege, 1941-44
Reid, Anna2012
Book
On 8 September 1941, 11 weeks after Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, Leningrad was surrounded. The siege would not end for 2 and a half years and as many as 2 million Soviet lives would be lost. This narrative history is interwoven with personal stories of daily siege life drawn from diarists and memoirists on both sides.
Main title:
Leningrad : tragedy of a city under siege, 1941-44 / Anna Reid.
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Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2012.
Collation:
xvii, 492 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2011.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781408822418 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.5421721A940.5REI940.5
Language:
English
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BRN:
391785