[Hardastarboard]

Hitler had a stated policy of starving subject peoples to death. The man’s evil was virtually limitless.

[Trapped Behind Enemy Lines]

One of Hitler’s many strategic blunders on the Eastern Front, deciding to beseige Leningrad instead of taking it outright when it was within his grasp.

[colorado tanker]

Today, in WWII:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3115855/posts

[dfwgator]

And here’s what happened to the “Heroes of Leningrad”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEIlXvlvXMA

[Andyman]

An absolutely wonderful presentation of the “Eastern Front” campaign is in Dan Carlin’s “Hardcore History” multipart Podcast.

[Mike Darancette]

“The 900 Days: The Siege Of Leningrad” by Harrison E. Salisbury is about as gripping a tale as you’ll ever read.