also i wanted to look at the leningrad region. there's been a fair amount written about the siege of leningrad its but not a lot about the german operations in the area so i kind of wanted to the add to the literature that's developed about the war, most of which focuses on east -- oarchtd the center of the front with moscow or the southern section. hitler's goal was to create this racial empire an empire which the germans could economically exploit so that they could continue the war with successfully against the anglo-saxon sea powers. the idea was that the main goal that germans wanted to get was food. they were very interested in feeding their home front. this goes back to the first world war where germany is blockaded, and in 1918 we see that german home front breaks. this is primarily due to the german state being unable to feed its population. so hitler and his leadership circle are consequenced if they can grasp -- convinced if they can feed the german home front feed the german army that's invading this invading the sovie

they settle on the seas line of leningrad. it begins in september of 1941 and continues towards 1944. when the 121st i.d. moves and we sailed these policies trying to come together. when the first things that happens is the towns jewish population is murdered. the documents i look that it's not clear who did the murdering but it is clear ss units attached to army group north in the town so i think it's fair to say they were the ones who carried out the murders. of course the german armies theoretically and controlled in this happens on the army's watch. it's unclear that the ss and the army had a close relationship and they work together to secure the town. we see this later on in the year where 10 people are executed for cutting communication cables. once the execution is carried out by the ss again we say the same execution carried out for the same reasons this time by the army so it's clear they work together. the biggest issue however is food. what happens is as the germans knew then they confiscate all the food in warehou

what we see is this incredible starvation and this is familiar to people who have read about leningrad. suffering somewhere suffering somewhere in the neighbor of 800,000 of 1 million people die primarily from starvation when all the cities and towns see the same thing. the germans got an error in late september by the end of the war it was down to 6,000 with the majority of these people die during the 1st winter, just incredible sense of desperation and misery. what is interesting is that the highest levels of the german army they see this as a necessity. the german army was going to do whatever it needs to do to win the war. they see this as the starvation dispersed through the town. and we see that german field commands at the division level are radioing up the hierarchy to the army level and then back to berlin. we push in the city and have about 50,000 people who are going to start. and they are instructed to let them starve. basically it's better to let them starve. so there is this idea within the german high command that it is okay. it becomes a big problem for troops on the gr

there's been a fair amount about the seizure of leningrad itself, but not about the german operations in that area so i kind of wanted to add a bit to the literature developed about the war most of which focuses on the center of the front of moscow or the southern section of the front ground. >> host: what was the ideological struggle? >> guest: hitler's goal in attacking the soviet union was to create the social empire an empire which the germans could economically exploit so they could continue the war successfully against the anglo-saxon powers. the idea was that the main goal of the germans wanted to get out of here was food. they were interested in feeding their homefront. this goes back to the first world war were germany's blockaded in 1918 b.c. the german home front rates primarily due to the german state being unable to see its population. so they are convinced if they can grasp food from the soviet union, particularly ukraine, see the german home front, feed the german army invading the soviet union, there'll always be enough food at home in the german people will stay unite

start the new war you can say is to the two strikes and to the muslim brotherhood to them it is what leningrad is to stalin, so to speak. huge leadership confusion even among the military leaders. to take part or to seize many areas in the capital and downsize the capital is because there's a confusion of leadership within the military and within the traditional leadership. >> thank you for speaking to us from sanaa in yemen. >>> an iranian general has been killed by an israeli air strike on sunday. six hezbollah fighters also died in the attack near the golan heights. their funeral took place earlier on monday. nicole johnston has more. >> a few thousand people turned out for the funeral of jiefd jihad mumia. also the son of a hebsz senior hezbollah leader. six of the men were killed from the shia group hezbollah. one belonged to iran's revolutionary guard. >> he was a rising star inside hezbollah. a man being croomed for a grooms for groomed for a much more senior position. has targeted warehouses before but this is the first time it has carried out such a direct hit against group in syria.