The death toll mounts in Leningrad

26th December 1941: A city of three million cut off from the rest of Russia endure the bitter cold while starvation spreads

Dec 26, 2021

“Moscow Avenue in Leningrad led to the front during the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War”. A military unit marches to the front along Moscow Avenue in Leningrad. December 1941.

The siege of Leningrad, begun in September, continued. Rather than attempt a direct assault Hitler had decided on a deliberate policy of cutting off the city and starving three milli…

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