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Article: The Battle of Leningrad, 1941-1944.(Book Review)
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- The Historian
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- January 1, 2004
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The Battle of Leningrad, 1941-1944. By David M. Glantz. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2002. Pp. xxiii, 660. $39.95.)
Anyone who visits St. Petersburg and sees the numerous mass graves of the two million people who died there is shocked by the horror of war and moved by the heroic fortitude of the Russian people. One of the most authentic military historians of World War II, David M. Glantz, presents a dramatic history of one of the war's bloodiest episodes: the three-year-long battle of Leningrad. His excellent new book is a true monument to the struggle.
Hundreds of books and memoirs have been published on this topic, most of them covering the ...
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... ... restoring the name Leningrad for use on five holidays associated with World War II, at which time ... now call the city Leningrad." The name issue ... in the city during World War II. Under the name Leningrad, the city survived ...
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