Interview 32: Hero City: Leningrad 1943-44 with Prit Buttar

History of the Second World War

Wesley Livesay

Society & Culture, Documentary, History

4.5 • 626 Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
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0:31.6	That's the Explorers Podcast. Hello, everyone and welcome to another history of the Second World War podcast interview.
0:48.3	This time I'm joined by Pritt Boutar, the author of the upcoming book, Hero City, Leningrad, 1943 to 1944.
0:57.0	Hello, Pritt.
0:57.8	How's it going?
0:59.2	Hi.
0:59.8	It's lovely to be on the podcast.
1:01.8	Thank you.
1:02.2	Thank you.
1:02.8	So we'll just jump right in here.
1:04.4	We've got a lot to talk about.
1:06.0	So you've written this book about Leningrad, the second book in the series, which kind of
1:12.1	discusses the later years of the events around Leningrad. But during 1941, the German
1:19.2	forces were able to make it to the outskirts of Leningrad, something you talk about in your
1:23.5	previous book. And they even occupied some of the areas of the suburbs of Leningrad.
1:28.8	But then in 1942, they don't really plan on making any effort to actually take the city.
1:35.4	Could you talk a little bit about why the Germans sort of don't make a greater effort
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