Summary 80th Anniversary of Operation Iskra - Leningrad, January 1943 Part of Eastern Front Week (4) on WW2TV Although many history enthusiasts are aware that early 1943 saw the Red Army rise victorious over the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad, during that same time frame a lesser known, though equally important victory took places hundreds of miles to the north. Operation Iskra was when Soviet troops broke through German forces at "the bottleneck" thus breaking the siege of Leningrad. Our guest is historian Prit Buttar, who has written numerous excellent books on the Eastern Front. We are delighted he is returning to WW2TV once again, as the first of his two volumes about Leningrad will be released later this year.

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