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Title: Siege of Leningrad
Post by: Russian on January 27, 2009, 09:51:44 AM

Today is anniversary of a break through a blockade of Leningrad. Very interesting and artistic pictures in a link below.

http://komen-dant.livejournal.com/345684.html


Wiki about this event.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Leningrad

Title: Re: Siege of Leningrad
Post by: 68Wooley on January 27, 2009, 11:00:31 AM

Thanks for that - those pictures are very interesting.

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Post by: ChickenHawk on January 27, 2009, 11:30:17 AM

Wow, those really bring it home. 

Thanks for sharing.

Title: Re: Siege of Leningrad
Post by: Shuffler on January 27, 2009, 12:42:10 PM

Great idea and very well done. Amazing history.

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Post by: USRanger on January 27, 2009, 02:03:33 PM

Thanks for sharing.  I love it when they do that with photos.  I remember some being posted here like that, but was in Germany.

Title: Re: Siege of Leningrad
Post by: Dux on January 27, 2009, 05:46:27 PM

What are the balloon thingys?

(http://cs521.vkontakte.ru/u483712/50747604/x_10231ab1.jpg)

Title: Re: Siege of Leningrad
Post by: Masherbrum on January 27, 2009, 08:06:32 PM

A type of Barrage Balloon to protect the monuments?   

Title: Re: Siege of Leningrad
Post by: KgB on January 27, 2009, 08:07:09 PM

Quote from: Dux on January 27, 2009, 05:46:27 PM

What are the balloon thingys?]

http://sovietrussia.co.uk/bringing-down-planes-with-balloons/ (http://sovietrussia.co.uk/bringing-down-planes-with-balloons/)

Title: Re: Siege of Leningrad
Post by: ROX on January 29, 2009, 12:53:17 PM

If you read extensively about the siege of Leningrad, you will see that it is one of THE more horrible battles from a civillian prospecive on the Eastern Front (although there are many others).  The population was cut off from most all food, medicine, and supplies for long enough periods of time that there are some very real stories of cannibalism. 

A Soviet general gave a woman a leather briefcase...he later asked about the briefcase and she told him the truth:  she ate it.

People were putting up signs on streetlight posts offering to trade grand pianos for flour.

Only after Georgi Zhukhov was put on the mission did transports/convoys coming over frozen Lake Ladoga help with the crisis, and that was only a bandaid.

The more you study and research history--the more you hope and pray it is never repeated.



ROX