The Battle for Leningrad, 1941-1944

by David M. Glantz

Book Overview

The German siege 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. While innumerable writers have dealt at length with the besieged city itself, David Glantz provides for the first time the definitive military history of the conflict waged beyond the city's borders.

One of the first major Soviet cities threatened by the German blitzkrieg,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700612084
• ISBN13: 9780700612086
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 684 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"