Nevskyy Pyatachok WWII battlefield

Nevsky Pyatachok (Невскии пятачок) 50 km east south-east of St Petersburg (Leningrad) and 15 km south of Shlisselburg. It was the site of the tragic but crucial battle where the Soviet army broke the German blockade and ultimate saved the city from Germans and from absolute hunger. Tragically it was at a cost of more than 400,000 soldiers. Producer: Josephine Asher