World War II

On September 7, 1941 German forces were preparing to begin what would become one of the most deadly battles in the history of the world, the Siege of Leningrad. Before the battle ended on January 27, 1944, more than a million of the city’s civilians starved to death.

- Wikipedia article on the Siege of Leningrad.
- Official website of the City of St. Petersburg
- Results of a Flickr search for “Leningrad.”
- YouTube: “Leningrad: The Siege Begins.” (A little discrepancy here on the date, but lots of good Russia related WWII footage in the “related” links.)
- The Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad

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