The History of WWII Podcast - by Ray Harris Jr
The History of WWII Podcast - by Ray Harris Jr
Recorded History Podcast Network
Episode 158- Leningrad Under Siege
27 minutes Posted Mar 11, 2016 at 10:00 pm.
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The people of Leningrad take an affront to Nazi Germany invading their country. The men volunteer in droves for military service, the women are sent off to dig trenches. Though many of the men will die that summer of 1941, the Soviet Red Banner Baltic Fleet will undergo its own "Dunkirk" as a fleet of 228 vessels flee from Tallinn, Estonia, facing shore batteries, Finnish torpedo boats and miles of mines.

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