Siege of Leningrad: 900 Days of Hell

Added: 2026-05-16

[00:00:00]1 million dead. The Siege of Leningrad lasted 900 brutal days. 2 million civilians trapped inside a frozen [music] city cut off from the world.

[00:00:09]Nazi armies encircled Leningrad in September 1941. Over 150,000 artillery shells [music] rained down relentlessly.

[00:00:17]Every single day nearly 3,000 people died. Starvation, disease, and constant bombardment.

[00:00:24]Bread rations fell [music] to 125 g, less than a single slice. Children collapsed in the snow.

[00:00:30]>> [music] >> Streets turned into mass graves.

[00:00:33]Hospitals overflowed with the sick and dying.

[00:00:36]Over 1 million soldiers [music] fought fiercely to defend the city's walls. The enemy aimed to starve Leningrad into submission. More than 300,000 [music] soldiers perished. Over 1 million buildings were damaged or destroyed. The city lost half its [music] population.

[00:00:52]The siege lasted 2 years and 5 months of unyielding horror. Yet Leningrad never surrendered. This battle stands as one of the deadliest and most devastating in human history, a testament to unimaginable suffering, endurance, and defiance.