The Siege of Leningrad: History in an Hour

Name: The Siege of Leningrad: History in an Hour
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Rupert Colley
ISBN: 9780007524181

Author: Rupert Colley

Narrator: Jonathan Keeble

Unabridged: 1 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: William Collins

Published: 04/25/2013

Categories: Nonfiction, History, Wars, World War Ii, Russian History, European History, Modern History, Holocaust

Synopsis

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. The Siege of Leningrad was one of the longest sieges in history and it inflicted some of the worst civilian casualties of World War Two. When Hitler declared his intention to obliterate the key city of Leningrad on 22 September 1941, he could not have foreseen the grim determination of its citizens. Over the course of 900 days, the city resisted the Germans pounding at its gates. Its survival contributed to the defeat of Nazism. But the price was heavy – over 1 million died in Leningrad from German bombs and artillery, or from disease, the cold or starvation. In its suffering Leningrad became a source of symbolic national pride, of good conquering evil. The story of the siege is one of heroic resistance and stoical survival but it also one of unimaginable suffering and extreme deprivation. THE SIEGE OF LENINGRAD: HISTORY IN AN HOUR is essential reading for all history lovers. Know your stuff: read about the Siege of Leningrad in just one hour.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dr. Appu

"In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not so good. So, too, it is better to recapture an army entirely than to destroy it, to capture a regiment, a detachment, or a company entirely than to destroy t......more

Goodreads review by HornFan2

Not a bad read, gives you the basics of what happened in the Siege of Leningrad, with no distracts, just the meat and potato's of real history. Kind of used this book to get the basics, before I start reading Anna Reid-Leningrad: The Epic Siege of World War II, 1941-1944 and basically that's what th......more

Goodreads review by Lukasz

Oblężenie Leningradu to wydarzenie Drugiej Wojny Światowej wymagające bliższego zbadania. Z jednej strony bezlistośnie Niemcy oblegali Leningrad. Z Drugiej Strony Stalin wziął sobie to za punkt honoru aby nie oddać Leningradu Niemcom ale również nie do końca pozwolił ewakuować w całości ludność cywi......more

Goodreads review by Noor

كتاب صوتي قصير يصف حصار لينينغراد(سانت بيتر) كيف عاش المواطنون ظروف بائسه لا انسانيه و مع ذلك فقد تمكن البعض من النجاة ، ظروف النصر، و قادة النصر، اتمنى ان اعرف شعور الجنود الالمان الذين حاصروا المدينه كيف استطاعوا اكمال حياتهم بعدها!!!......more

Goodreads review by Zach

Excellent short introduction to the reason Russians will never ever ever ever ever choose another country over Russia.......more

Quotes

‘If the past is a foreign country, History in an Hour is like a high-class tour operator, offering delightfully enjoyable short breaks in the rich and diverse continent of our shared past’ Dominic Sandbrook ‘The practice of History is ever-evolving, and the History In An Hour idea brings it back up to date for the digital age’ Andrew Roberts, Bookseller ‘This is genius’ MacWorld.com