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“Siege of Leningrad: Blockade by the Axis powers, 1941–1944″
Above, Dec. 1942, “Soviet civilians leaving destroyed houses after a German bombardment during the Battle of Leningrad, 10 December 1942″
Hitler’s blockade of Leningrad for the purpose of starving the population to death lasted 900 days. Finland helped Hitler: “the rail link to Leningrad was cut off by Finnish armies just north of the city."...
Above, 1941-42: “German motorcyclists pass one of the seemingly endless columns of Russian prisoners. Approximately 2.8 million Soviet POWs were killed by the German armed forces and other special units between June 1941 and February 1942, mainly through deliberate starvation and exposure to the elements. It was one of the most shocking acts of human atrocity in history.”
Deaths peaked in January–February 1942 at 100,000 per month, mostly from starvation. People often died on the streets, and citizens soon became accustomed to the sight of death….The siege was also known as the Leningrad Blockade and the 900-Day Siege.”…
The German blockage and siege claimed 650,000 Leningrader lives in 1942 alone, mostly from starvation, exposure, disease, and shelling from distant German artillery.”…
Above, 1941, “Heinrich Himmler visiting a prisoner (of war) camp in Russia, ca. 1941”
On July 3 [1942]…“the whole Crimean Peninsula was completely in German hands.”
“On 6 August [1941], Hitler repeated his order: “Leningrad first, Donetsk Basin second, Moscow third.”
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3/16/2022, “DIANA JOHNSTONE: For Washington, War Never Ends,” Consortium News
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