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The ice road that saved Leningrad

26th February 1942: The 'Road of Life' is now fully operational and the Soviet authorities begin to celebrate it.

Feb 26, 2022
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The Volkhovo cemetery in Leningrad - when the ground froze it was impossible to bury the dead. The Siege of Leningrad killed more civilians than the bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined.

Leningrad had been cut off and under siege since September 1941. Starvation gripped the city with over a million civilians dying over the course …

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