Subscribe using iTunes Subscribe using Stitcher The Siege of Leningrad, one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history, began. Categories: Podcast #Germany#Great Patriotic War#Lebensraum#Leningrad#Nazi#Russia#Saint Petersburg#Second World War#Siege#USSR Comments are closed.
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