Leningrad: The Epic Siege of World War II, 1941-1944
By: Anna Reid
4.17
Format: 492 pages, Hardcover
On September 8, 1941, eleven weeks after Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, his brutal surprise …
Want to Read $ 9.99"Unlike other dictators, Stalin and his satraps never made the mistake of believing themselves beloved -- on the contrary they saw plots under every stone."-Anna Reid, Leningrad: The Epic Siege of World War II, 1941-1944
"At this period, too, Leningraders resorted to their most desperate food substitutes, scraping dried glue from the underside of wallpaper and boiling up shoes and belts. (Tannery processes had changed, they discovered, since the days of Amundsen and Nansen, and the leather remained tough and inedible.)"-Anna Reid, Leningrad: The Epic Siege of World War II, 1941-1944
"One of the most oft-quoted records of the siege, scribbled in pencil over the pages of a pocket address book, is that kept by twelve-year-old Tanya Savicheva: 28 December 1941 at 12.30 a.m. – Zhenya died. 25 January 1942 at 3 p.m. – Granny died. 17 March at 5 a.m. – Lyoka died. 13 April at 2 a.m. – Uncle Vasya died. 10 May at 4 p.m. – Uncle Lyosha died. 13 May at 7.30 a.m. – Mama died. The Savichevs are dead. Everyone is dead. Only Tanya is left."-Anna Reid, Leningrad: The Epic Siege of World War II, 1941-1944
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3.70
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
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Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition
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3. Washington's Crossing
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4.15
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Format: 636 pages, Paperback
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11. Leningrad: The Epic Siege of World War II, 1941-1944
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"At this period, too, Leningraders resorted to their most desperate food substitutes, scraping dried glue from the underside of wallpaper and boiling up shoes and belts. (Tannery processes had changed…"-Anna Reid, Leningrad: The Epic Siege of World War II, 1941-1944
"One of the most oft-quoted records of the siege, scribbled in pencil over the pages of a pocket address book, is that kept by twelve-year-old Tanya Savicheva: 28 December 1941 at 12.30 a.m. – Zhenya …"-Anna Reid, Leningrad: The Epic Siege of World War II, 1941-1944
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4.23
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3.43
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4.32
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4.29
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"As well, I want our special force commandos to silently slip into Cat Bi and Gia Lam airfields and destroy the aircraft stationed there. That will deal the French forces at Dien Bien Phu a stunning b…"-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
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4.37
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28. Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944
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4.21
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3.90
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4.11
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