Books: Siege of Leningrad

"Leningrad (now reverted to its pre-1914 name of St Petersburg) was surrounded by German forces in 1941 and cut off from the rest of Russia. It was besieged for nearly three years, the great city's population suffering terribly in the bitter cold of the Russian winter. Over a million men, women and children died of starvation and hypothermia, but the city fought on and never surrendered. In 1943 the Russian army broke through to link up with the garrison and end the longest, bloodiest siege of the Second World War. "
A very interesting account of the bloody Russian attempts to break the German siege.

The difficult terrain and the defensive advantages have been well-covered. The usual problems of Russian staff planning and co-ordination of attacks leading to defeat in detail are put forth for the failures of the pre-1944 operations. The book is a good primer on Army Group North and the German 18th Army.

Now to find a good read on Operations Bagration/ Destruction of Army Group Centre.

This book has been a good companion to the current play of Drive to the Baltic. Army Group North is now on the run. Do they have enough time to run back towards Riga before the Russians cut the off?

I am piqued to play Roads to Leningrad as well.