"Myth and tragedy at the siege of Leningrad " Topic
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| Tango01 | 08 May 2017 11:47 a.m. PST |
"The siege of Leningrad, which began 70 years ago this month, was the deadliest in human history. In June 1941, Nazi Germany launched a surprise attack on its ally, Stalin's Soviet Union. By the end of August the German armies had reached the outskirts of Leningrad – formerly and now again St Petersburg, Russia's historic capital on the Baltic. On 31 August they cut the last railway line out of the city, and on 8 September the last road. Air raids began the same evening. For the next 17 months nobody could leave the city, nor any food be delivered to it, except by air or across Lake Ladoga, the inland sea to its east. By the time the siege was completely lifted, in January 1944, about three quarters of a million civilians – between a quarter and a third of the pre-siege population – had starved to death …"
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