From September 1941, the Germans surrounded Leningrad, laying siege to the city for 900 days. Over 2 million Russians were trapped, and thousands would die through starvation. As the winter closed in, Lake Ladoga froze, allowing trucks to cross the ice. Dubbed ‘Road of Life’, it would bring vital supplies and eventually evacuate over a million civilians from the besieged city. While all the time, the Russian army struggled to try and lift the siege.
I am happy to welcome back to the podcast Prit Buttar.
Pritt’s latest book is To Besiege a City: Leningrad 1941–42, and we will discuss the first year of the siege.
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