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Why Couldn’t Hitler Take Leningrad? | Cities At War (2022x104)

: 11, 2022

Throughout 1941, the Soviet Union had been losing city after city to Nazi Germany. This all changed when Hitler set his sights on Leningrad. Despite laying siege to the city and starving its citizens for 872 days, Hitler's army could not capture the city. What was it that made Leningrad so incredibly resilient?