Battle for Leningrad. Filippov D.

The battle for Leningrad is the longest battle of World War II, lasted from July 10, 1941 to August 9, 1944. Through the prism of biographies of both famous commanders and unknown heroes, the author looms a large -scale picture of the defense of Leningrad. The emphasis in the book is on the actions of the troops of the Leningrad Front, which fought from the inside of the blockade ring. Hunger is the most terrible and ruthless test that can fall to a share of a person. Hunger erases the millennia of civilization, reducing people to a primitive state. And only love, faith and understanding of a common disaster allow you to maintain human dignity. Generals and officers, soldiers and civilians - all were connected by hunger and a single fate. On the pages of this book, the city itself turns from the place of action into the main character, bringing the victory at the metaphysical level. Based on the archival extracts, the fighting magazines of regiments and divisions, the author shows in which the commanders had to plan operations, and the soldiers - to attack well -fortified German positions. Separate materials related to the biographies of V.E. Lomakin and M. A. Nefedov are published for the first time.

The book is designed for everyone who is interested in the history of Russia and the Great Patriotic War.