{"id":854,"date":"2022-10-19T17:05:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T17:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=854"},"modified":"2026-10-15T14:57:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T14:57:38","slug":"siege-of-leningrad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=854","title":{"rendered":"The Siege of Leningrad: Beyond Barbarossa, Episode 12"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The 900 Days of Leningrad&#8217;s siege saw the greatest destruction in modern history, and the larges loss of life in a modern city. It dwarfed urban campaigns elsewhere in the Second World War by a factor of magnitude.&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This episode links this immense struggle with the rest of the war in the East.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"95\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/8933069\/embed?v=202301\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"allowtransparency\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Audioboom player\" allow=\"autoplay\" sandbox=\"allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Map 1: Finnish and Soviet forces on the eve of Barbarossa, 1941&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/b398et\/Continuation_War_July_1941_English.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Continuation_War_July_1941_English.jpg\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7142857142857143;width:330px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Map 2: Finnish offensive operations in Karelia, summer and autumn, 1941<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/iqftmz\/Finnish_operations_in_Karelia_in_1941.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Finnish_operations_in_Karelia_in_1941.png\" style=\"width:500px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Map 3: The siege of Leningrad&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/6scpuu\/Leningrad_Siege_May_1942_-_January_1943.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Leningrad_Siege_May_1942_-_January_1943.png\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5479876160990713;width:500px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hosted on Audioboom. 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