The Nazi siege of Leningrad from 1941 to 1944 was one of the most gruesome episodes of World War II. Nearly three million people endured it; just under half of them died. For twenty-five years the distinguished journalist and historian Harrison Salisbury pieced together this remarkable narrative of villainy and survival, in which the city had much to fear-from both Hitler and Stalin.
Chapter 3. The Fateful Saturday
Chapter 7. What Stalin Believed
Chapter 10. On the Distant Approaches
Chapter 11. The Red Arrow Pulls In
Chapter 16. The Red Army Retreats
Chapter 19. The Luga Line Crumbles
Chapter 20. The Enemy at the Gates
Chapter 21. Stalin on the Phone
Chapter 22. The Tallinn Disaster
Chapter 23. The Russian Dunkirk
Chapter 24. The Northern Crisis
Chapter 25. The Last Days of Summer
Chapter 26. Will the City Be Abandoned?
Chapter 28. The Blood-Red Clouds
Chapter 29. Not All Were Brave
Chapter 30. A Hard Nut to Crack
Chapter 33. “ They’re Digging In! ”
Chapter 34. The King’s Fortress
Chapter 35. Deus Conservat Omnia
Chapter 37. “When Will the Blockade Be Lifted?”
Chapter 40. The Sleds of the Children
Chapter 41. A New Kind of Crime
Chapter 43. The Leningrad Apocalypse
Chapter 45. The Ice Road to the Mainland
Chapter 46. Death, Death, Death
Chapter 49. The 900 Days Go On
EPILOGUE: Chapter 50. The Leningrad Affair