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The siege of Leningrad was a military blockade undertaken by the Axis powers against the city of Leningrad (present-day Saint Petersburg) in the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front of World War II from 1941 to 1944.
The Siege is a 2001 historical novel by English writer Helen Dunmore. It is set in Leningrad just before and during the Siege of Leningrad by German forces in World War II. The book was shortlisted for the Orange Prize in 2002 [1] and for the 2001 Whitbread Prize. [2] The Siege is the first of a two-book series.
City of Thieves is a 2008 historical fiction novel by David Benioff.It is, in part, a coming of age story set in the World War II siege of Leningrad.It follows the adventures of two youths as they desperately search for a dozen eggs at the behest of a Soviet NKVD officer, a task that takes them far behind enemy lines.
The book was longlisted for the 2010 Man Booker Prize, [1] and shortlisted for the 2011 Commonwealth Writer's Prize and the Orwell Prize. [2] The Betrayal is the second of a two-book series. The first, The Siege was published in 2001 and is set in Leningrad during the siege.
Victims of the Siege of Leningrad (62 P) Pages in category "Siege of Leningrad" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total.
The searing story of Leningrad helps explain his thinking. Given the devastation World War II caused — an estimated 26 million Soviets lost their lives — such stories are widely available to ...
In late 2009 a film version of the book was in development with Andy Tennant as director. Production was halted, though the author's script was finished. [2] As of June 2011, the option on the book expired and was not renewed with Andy Tennant's production company due to differing ideas and thoughts about how the film script should be written. [3]
Revoke this order immediately and report who, specifically, gave such an unauthorised order." On 11 June, he sent a telegram saying that his immediate superior, Timoshenko, had ordered that they were to report back by 16 June confirming that the troops had been withdrawn from their forward positions."