Exercises on the siege of Leningrad

The siege of the Soviet city of Leningrad, which began in September 1941, was one of the episodes of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union, which began in:

a) Himmler operation.

b) Citadel Operation.

c) Braunschweig Operation.

d) Operation Barbarossa.

e) Operation Tannenberg.

For weeks, the Russians were oblivious to the fact that the Germans had no intention of attacking Leningrad or accepting its surrender. Zhukov gained prestige in Stalin's eyes as the savior of the city [of Leningrad], based on the dictator's inability to understand that it was not a serious attack.

HASTINGS, Max. Hell:the world at war 1939-1945. Rio de Janeiro:Intrinsic, 2012, p. 183.

The above excerpt belongs to the book “Hell:the world at war 1939-1945”, by historian Max Hastings, and mentions the siege of Leningrad addressing:

a) the inability of the Soviets to mount a resistance to stop the advance of Nazi troops.

b) the defeatism present in the Soviet troops after the overwhelming advance of the Nazis.

c) the inability to understand the Nazis' strategy of besieging the city and letting it starve to death.

d) Stalin's lack of competence in neutralizing the blitzkrieg German.

e) the decoration of Zhukov for defeating the Germans and preventing the siege of Leningrad in 1941.

A Pravda correspondent , Lazar Brontman, told in his diary how the villagers prepared soup and bread with grass. When this food was accepted as the norm, he said, “grass cakes found their price in the market.”

HASTINGS, Max. Hell:the world at war 1939-1945. Rio de Janeiro:Intrinsic, 2012, p. 184.

The snippet above addresses:

a) the despair of the population due to the lack of food imposed by the Nazi siege.

b) the peculiar eating habits typical of Soviet Russia.

c) the sense of opportunity of Soviet merchants to value a typical food from Soviet Russia.

d) the lack of regulation by the Stalin government in allowing grass to be traded.

e) the defeatism of the people of Leningrad by accepting local traders to trade grass.

According to historian Max Hastings' survey, the strategy of imposing famine during the siege of Leningrad was determined by the Nazis from the councils:

a) by Admiral Erich Raeder.

b) by officer Reinhard Himmler.

c) from Soviet collaborators.

d) by Minister Joseph Goebels.

e) by Professor Ernst Ziegelmeyer.

Letter D.

Operation Barbarossa was responsible for the invasion of the Soviet Union, which began in June 1941. In this operation, around 3.6 million Nazi soldiers were mobilized with the objective of conquering this country in a few weeks. The German advance had three major targets:Leningrad, Moscow and Stalingrad.

Letter C.

The above excerpt mentions the inability of the Soviets to understand the real strategy of the Germans. As soon as the Germans began to attack Leningrad, Stalin dispatched General Zhukov to the city with the aim of stopping the German advance. Zhukov also failed to realize that the Germans would not invade the city and allowed the siege to be closed. As soon as Stalin realized that there would be no battle in Leningrad, he called this general back to Moscow.

Letter A.

The passage mentioned in the question refers to the despair of the population of Leningrad due to the lack of food imposed by the siege of the Nazis. In addition, reports say that the population of the city came to boil wallpaper to chew the leather, hunt pigeons and mice and even cases of cannibalism were recorded in the city. Thousands of Leningrad citizens starved to death as a result of the German siege.

Letter E.

According to historian Max Hastings, the person responsible for advising the Nazis to impose a famine policy on Leningrad was Ernst Ziegelmeyer, professor at the Nutrition Institute in Munich. According to Hastings' account, this professor suggested that there was no need for battle, for if a daily diet of less than 250 grams of bread were imposed on the citizens of Leningrad, the city would soon starve to death.