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Siege of Leningrad reference


During one campfire scene, Tanner makes a grim reference to the Siege of Leningrad - Was he insinuating that Calumet was turning to cannibalism?

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Tanner wasn't talking about Calumet. He was talking about Denver being under siege.

I would compare it to the Siege of Leningrad and not Stalingrad. Leningrad was under siege for three years. The only way to supply Leningrad was through Lake Ladoga. During the first winter of the siege. The Russians were eating saw dust bread, wall paper glue and the dead. They had turned to cannibalism.

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Gotcha and thanks - I edited my original post to "Leningrad".

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