The Siege of Leningrad (1941-44)

The Siege of Leningrad was one of the longest sieges in history. The German forces were to hold the city under siege therefore starving the soviet defenders to death. However, they did not expect such a heroic resistance by the Leningrad defenders... Become a Simple History member: https://www.youtube.com/simplehistory/join Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simplehistory Copyright: DO NOT translate and re-upload our content on Youtube or other social media. SIMPLE HISTORY MERCHANDISE Get the Simple History books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner-%60/e/B00H5TYLAE/ T-Shirts https://teespring.com/stores/simple-history-official-merch Simple history gives you the facts, simple! See the book collection here: Amazon USA http://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ Amazon UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ http://www.simplehistory.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/Simple-History-549437675141192/ https://twitter.com/SimpleHistoryYT Credit: Created by Daniel Turner Narrator: Chris Kane www.vocalforge.com Music Credit Failing Defense , All This - Scoring Action , Cortosis - Scoring Action by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100726 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Eyes of Glory- Aakash Gandhi Sources: Gerhard L. Weinberg, A World at Arms, a Global History of World War II Jeremy Black, World War Two, A military history Peter Calvocoressi, Guy Wint, Total War, the story of World War II Georgy Zhukov, The Memoirs of Marshal Zhukov The World at War - By Mark Arnold-Forster