The final, definitive word on the most brutal siege of a population in modern history.

Iain MacGregor, author of 'The Lighthouse of Stalingrad'

Prit Buttar's complete command of the sources makes him uniquely qualified to complete this story of the World War II struggle for the soul of Communism, Leningrad.

Professor Peter Caddick-Adams, historian and broadcaster

This book offers an impressive patch in the tapestry of written history that points toward the truth.

The Spectator

Through a fine body of well-researched work, Prit Buttar has established himself as one of the UK's leading Eastern Front historians for both the First and Second World Wars.

Anthony Tucker-Jones, History of War

This book and its predecessor will surely be the definitive history of the war on the Eastern Front and the siege of Leningrad.

Gordon Corrigan, Aspects of History