The Besieged: A Story of Survial

by Caroline Walton

Book Overview

On June 22, 1941, Hitler invaded the Soviet Union and German troops advanced towards Leningrad, Russia's second city with a population of three million. On June 27 the people of Leningrad began constructing fortifications around the city and steeled themselves for a defensive struggle which was to continue until January 1944. So fervent was the people's resistance that German forces, frustrated by their inability to take the stronghold, encircled...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849541477
• ISBN13: 9781849541473
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Biteback Publishing
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.6"