In this instalment of our Battleground '44 series, the subject of discussion is the epic 872 day long siege on Leningrad (present-day Saint Petersburg), where hundreds of thousands of civilians perished, and starvation led to some residents resorting to cannibalism. To delve deeper into the story of this horrific and bloody siege, Patrick speaks to Anna Reid, author of the book Leningrad: The Epic Siege of World War II: 1941-1944.
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199. Inside the economic war to bring down Russia
198. Ukraine's most spectacular strike on Russia yet
197. Battleground '44 - The Battle of Arnhem
196. Ukraine launches air assault on Moscow
195. Battleground '44 - Dieppe, Lend-Lease, and alternative historical scenarios.
194. Three weeks on since Ukraines invasion of Kursk
193. Battleground '44 - The forgotten war in Burma
192. The reality on the ground in Kursk
191. Battleground '44 -The liberation of Paris
190. The Kursk incursion from the Russian perspective
189. Battleground '44 - The Warsaw Uprising (part 2)
188. Has the West released the shackles on its donated equipment?
187. Battleground '44 - The Warsaw Uprising (part 1)
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185. Ukraine invades Russia
184. Battleground '44 - Pétain & de Gaulle
183. Wagner in Mali, Ukraine recruits prisoners, and F-16's
182. Battleground '44 - The July Bomb Plot
181. Would Harris continue support for Ukraine?
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