Field of Operations: Leningrad (2020)

Field of Operations: Leningrad: Directed by Nick Randall. With Jonathan Booth. The siege began on 8 September 1941, when the Wehrmacht severed the last road to the city. Although Soviet forces managed to open a narrow land corridor to the city on 18 January 1943, the Red Army did not lift the siege until 27 January 1944, 872 days after it began. The blockade became one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history, and it was possibly the costliest siege in history due to the number of casualties which were suffered during it. In the 21st century some historians have classified it as a genocide due to the systematic starvation and intentional destruction of the city’s civilian population.

“For the novise on 2nd world war history, this documentary about the german leningrad front, the northwest front, gives a comprehensine insight and look at warfare at its worst, military and humanly speaking. its also the tale of the russian defence failure in the start, and how patriotism to save mother russia overturned the german aggresion till the leningrad siege ended april 1944. ihave seen loads of visual archive material over the years and some used here are commonly used. but there are some uniqe passages of new found material so its well worth a look even for the wellinformed historian. its a recommend from the grumpy old man”