Bibliograph

Leningrad, the epic siege of World War II, 1941-1944, Anna Reid

Type

Label

Leningrad, the epic siege of World War II, 1941-1944, Anna Reid

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-471) and index

Illustrations

platesillustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Leningrad

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

701806425

Responsibility statement

Anna Reid

Sub title

the epic siege of World War II, 1941-1944

Summary

A gripping, authoritative narrative history of the siege of Leningrad from 1941-1944, interwoven with indelible personal accounts of daily siege life drawn from diarists and memoirists on both sides

Table Of Contents

Invasion: June-September 1941. 22 June 1941 ; Barbarossa ; "We're winning, but the Germans are advancing" ; The people's levy ; "Caught in a mousetrap" -- The siege begins: September-December 1941. "No sentimentality" ; "To our last heartbeat" ; 125 grams ; Falling down the funnel -- Mass death: Winter 1941-2. The ice road ; Sleds and cocoons ; "We were like stones" ; Svyazi ; "Robinson Crusoe was a lucky man" ; Corpse-eating and person-eating ; Anton Ivanovich is angry ; The big house -- Waiting for liberation: January 1942-January 1944. Meat wood ; The gentle joy of living and breathing ; The Leningrad symphony ; The last year -- Aftermath. Coming home ; The cellar of memory

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