Siege of Leningrad, 1941-1944: 900 Days of Terror - Hardcover

David M. Glantz

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0760309418 ISBN 13: 9780760309414

Publisher: Zenith Press, 2001

Synopsis

The people of this Soviet city endured everything that the German Army could throw at them, and by their success placed a fatal block on Hitler's ambitions to rule Europe. The story is compelling as the Germans tried one method after another to reduce the defences and break the morale of the population. This volume provides an in-depth analysis of the siege and contains firsthand accounts of those living in Leningrad during that time. Filled with previously unseen photographs from Soviet sources. All battles in and around Leningrad during the siege are chronicled.

About this title

About the Author:

David M Glantz is a former US Army intelligence specialist with a unique knowledge of the Russian army and Russian military history. His WHEN TITANS CLASHED is the standard single volume account of the war in Russia.

Review:

A great general account of WWII around Leningrad. It has both the Germans and the Finns in it and describes operations from 1941 to 1944 when the siege was lifted. You find out about the first battles, like those done by Vatutin when he encircled the 8th Panzer division in 1941, something that might come as a surprise to many, and delayed Army Group North for 3 weeks. As well about the operations in 1942 and 1943 which restored the land link with the rest of the USSR yet the siege in and of itself would last until 1944. For those not too familiar with the Eastern Front this would be a great book, for those that want details of everything that happened within those 3 years, I would suggest waiting for Glantz's next book on Leningrad, a more indepth study. This book is also unlike the others of his that I have in that it has many pictures, exactly like his new "Barbarosa" book. --By T. Kunikov VINE VOICE

This book is unlike Glantz's books on Kursk, Kharkov, or Mars in that it is a slim, larger-sized hardback with a lot of photos and color maps. He also doesn't go into a large amount of detail. This scope makes it a lot easier to understand - while I understood battles that Erickson (in "The Road to Stalingrad") describes but I was confused about. Also, it's a good primer before jumping into "The 900 Days" by Salisbury. --By Anthony Cooper

This book sheds light on a relatively unknown (for me, anyway) part of the war on the Eastern Front. As well as the indepth text (which one is always assured of when David Glantz is the writer), two other things place this book ahead of the rest. First, the maps (one can easily lose track of what is happening when it comes to Russian place names); second, the photographs, which are mostly new and not the same old tired images. There are also exhaustive chapter notes and appendices. For anyone wanting to know what really happened at Leningrad in World War II, this book is a must. Well done Mr Glantz --By Steve

About this edition

• Publisher: Zenith Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0760309418
• ISBN 13: 9780760309414
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224