Listen and read

Step into an infinite world of stories

  • Read and listen as much as you want
  • Over 950 000 titles
  • Exclusive titles + Storytel Originals
  • Easy to cancel anytime
Try now
image.devices-Singapore 2x

The Siege of Leningrad: History in an Hour

346 Ratings

4.2

Duration
1H 24min
Language
English
Format
Category

History

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.

The Siege of Leningrad was one of the longest sieges in history and it inflicted some of the worst civilian casualties of World War Two. When Hitler declared his intention to obliterate the key city of Leningrad on 22 September 1941, he could not have foreseen the grim determination of its citizens. Over the course of 900 days, the city resisted the Germans pounding at its gates. Its survival contributed to the defeat of Nazism. But the price was heavy – over 1 million died in Leningrad from German bombs and artillery, or from disease, the cold or starvation.

In its suffering Leningrad became a source of symbolic national pride, of good conquering evil. The story of the siege is one of heroic resistance and stoical survival but it also one of unimaginable suffering and extreme deprivation. THE SIEGE OF LENINGRAD: HISTORY IN AN HOUR is essential reading for all history lovers.

Know your stuff: read about the Siege of Leningrad in just one hour.

© 2013 William Collins (Audiobook): 9780007524181

Release date

Audiobook: 25 April 2013

Others also enjoyed ...

  1. Mussolini: History in an Hour Rupert Colley
  2. World War Two: History in an Hour Rupert Colley
  3. Churchill: History in an Hour Andrew Mulholland
  4. The Holocaust: History in an Hour Jemma J. Saunders
  5. The Korean War: History in an Hour Andrew Mulholland
  6. The Vietnam War: History in an Hour Neil Smith
  7. South Africa: History in an Hour Anthony Holmes
  8. JFK: History in an Hour Sinead Fitzgibbon
  9. Titanic: History in an Hour Sinead Fitzgibbon
  10. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany William L. Shirer
  11. 1066: History in an Hour Kaye Jones
  12. The Queen: History in an Hour Sinead Fitzgibbon
  13. The American Civil War: History in an Hour Kat Smutz
  14. Ancient Egypt: History in an Hour Anthony Holmes
  15. Abraham Lincoln: History in an Hour Kat Smutz
  16. George Washington: History in an Hour David B. McCoy
  17. American Slavery: History in an Hour Kat Smutz
  18. The Medieval Anarchy: History in an Hour Kaye Jones
  19. The Reformation: History in an Hour Edward A Gosselin
  20. Hitler's Hangman: The Life of Heydrich Robert Gerwarth
  21. Henry VIII: History in an Hour Simon Court
  22. Henry VIII’s Wives: History in an Hour Julie Wheeler
  23. Armageddon: The Battle for Germany 1944-45 Max Hastings
  24. Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East Michael B. Oren
  25. The Last Days of Stalin Joshua Rubenstein
  26. Hitler's Soldiers: The German Army in the Third Reich Ben H. Shepherd
  27. Battle: The Story of the Bulge John Toland
  28. The Guns of August Barbara W. Tuchman
  29. The Secret War: Spies, Codes and Guerrillas 1939–1945 Max Hastings
  30. The Longest Day: June 6, 1944 Cornelius Ryan
  31. The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 Christopher Clark
  32. The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II Iris Chang
  33. The Civilization of the Middle Ages: A Completely Revised and Expanded Edition of Medieval History, the Life and Death of a Civilization Norman F. Cantor
  34. The Secret History of World War II: Spies, Code Breakers & Covert Operations Stephen G. Hyslop
  35. Wittgenstein: Philosophy in an Hour Paul Strathern
  36. The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World Catherine Nixey
  37. Blood Red Snow: The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front Günter K. Koschorrek
  38. The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936–1945 John Toland
  39. On a Knife’s Edge: The Ukraine, November 1942–March 1943: The Ukraine, November 1942-March 1943 Prit Buttar
  40. Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne, from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest Stephen E. Ambrose
  41. Medieval Europe Chris Wickham
  42. Für Volk and Führer: The Memoir of a Veteran of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler Erwin Bartmann
  43. The Last 100 Days: The Tumultuous and Controversial Story of the Final Days of World War II in Europe John Toland
  44. Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent, 1934–1941 William L. Shirer
  45. Marx: Philosophy in an Hour Paul Strathern
  46. The Anatomy of Fascism Robert O. Paxton

Features:

  • Over 950 000 titles

  • Kids Mode (child safe environment)

  • Download books for offline access

  • Cancel anytime

Most popular

Unlimited

For those who want to listen and read without limits.

S$12.98 /month
3 days for free
  • 1 account

  • Unlimited Access

  • Unlimited listening

  • Cancel anytime

Try now

Unlimited Bi-yearly

For those who want to listen and read without limits.

S$69 /6 months
14 days for free
Save 11%
  • 1 account

  • Unlimited Access

  • Unlimited listening

  • Cancel anytime

Try now

Unlimited Yearly

For those who want to listen and read without limits.

S$119 /year
14 days for free
Save 24%
  • 1 account

  • Unlimited Access

  • Unlimited listening

  • Cancel anytime

Try now

Family

For those who want to share stories with family and friends.

From S$14.90/month
  • 2-3 accounts

  • Unlimited Access

  • Unlimited listening

  • Cancel anytime

2 accounts

S$14.90 /month
Try now