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Online sinds
27 juli 2018
EAN
9781848845145
Taal
Engels
Bindwijze
Paperback
Aantal pagina's
128 pagina's

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The 900-day siege of the Soviet city of Leningrad by the combined forces of the Germans and the Finns is one of the most remarkable, and terrible, events of the Second World War, yet until recently it has not received the attention it deserves – it has been overshadowed by other massive confrontations on the Eastern Front, at Stalingrad and Kursk. And rarely has the compelling story of the siege been told through graphic wartime photographs like those that author Nik Cornish has collected for this book. Many of these images have not been published before, and they give an unflinching insight into the reality of the conditions of the siege as it was experienced by the soldiers on each side and by the civilians trapped in the city who were threatened by starvation, disease, shelling and assault. The entire course of the siege is covered, from the encirclement of September 1941, through the successive attempts by the Wehrmacht to break in and the dogged, sometimes desperate defense put up by the Red Army, to the withdrawal of the Germans and the lifting of the siege in January 1944. Nik Cornish's portrait of the ruthless struggle of Hitler's armies to capture the second city of the Soviet Union and the determination and suffering of the defenders will be fascinating reading for everyone who is interested in the war on the Eastern Front.

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Categorie
Politiek (Tip! Bekijk de top 10)
Artikelnummer
4741986
Online sinds
27 juli 2018
EAN
9781848845145

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Taal
Engels
Bindwijze
Paperback
Aantal pagina's
128 pagina's

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Verschijningsdatum
november 2011
Afmetingen
24,8 x 19,1 x 1,3 cm