In the invasion plan of the Soviet Union by the German High
Command, the importance of taking Leningrad with its strategic
position and important industrial centre was of prime importance.
In the event the Russians, sustained only by their courage, defied
the Germans in a siege which lasted over 900 days, through a most
terrible period of bombardment, starvation and dire weather
conditions in which hundreds of thousands died.
French text.
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