Colonel von Dietz, commander of the Wehrmacht's 69th Infantry Regiment leads his battle-hardened men through the violence and slaughter of the Russian front.
Their mission is to pen the Russians in, starving to death soldier and civilian, while artillery and the Luftwaffe level the city to the ground.
Keeping von Dietz's mind off the barbarity of the siege, is the Red Army whose constant suicidal attacks against the German trenches are the stuff of nightmares, and the winter cold gnawing away at their sorrows.
But they are 'front swine', and it is their job to suffer for Fuhrer and Fatherland.
Front Swine is an action-packed and bloody tale of the battle to conquer Leningrad.
This book was originally published under then pen name Klaus Konrad.
Praise for Charles Whiting:
'Whiting... is a skilled and prolific writer. His comments on the generals are apt... An important book that records one of the most difficult yet least publicised phases of the war' - Spectator
'Whiting is a very experienced popular military historian who gets the last ounce of drama from the bloody battles in the West between September 1944 and February 1945' - The Times
Charles Whiting (1926-2007) was one of Britain's most prolific military writers, with over 300 books to his credit. He saw active service in the Second World War, serving in an armoured reconnaissance regiment attached to both the US and British armies. His books therefore possess the insight and authority of someone who, as a combat soldier, actually experienced the horrors of the Second World War.