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Hello and welcome to another episode of the World War 2 podcast. I'm Angus Wallace.

From September 1941, the Germans surrounded the city of Leningrad, laying siege for

900 days. Over 2 million Russians were trapped and thousands would die through starvation.

As the winter closed in, Lake Ladega froze, allowing trucks to cross the ice. Dubbed the

road of life, it will bring vital suppliers and eventually evacuate over a million civilians

from the besieged city.

Well all the time, the Russian army struggled to try and lift the siege.

I'm happy to welcome back to the podcast, Prick Batar.

Prick's latest book is to besiege a city, Leningrad 1941-42 and we're going to be discussing

that first year of the siege.

Prick welcome back. So I think we need to look at the city itself. Before I start, I think

about it. I could only vaguely put a pin in the map of where I thought Leningrad was.

It's a new city and so far as parts of the great order to be built, but why was it built?

Why that location is it strategically relevant?

There was a small settlement there before, but largely this was no more than a village or

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