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The
siege of Leningrad
was a
siege
in
Leningrad
during
World War II
.
[1]
The siege started on 8 September 1941, when the last road to the city was severed.
Siege of Leningrad
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Part of Eastern Front (World War II)
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Anti_aircraft_Leningrad_1941.JPG/300px-Anti_aircraft_Leningrad_1941.JPG) Soviet antiaircraft battery in Leningrad near
Saint Isaac's Cathedral
, 1941
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Date
| 8 September 1941
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Location
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Result
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Siege lifted (Soviet victory)
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Territorial
changes
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Axis forces are repelled 60?100 km (37?62 mi) away from Leningrad.
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Belligerents
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Nazi Germany
Template:Country data Republic of Finland
[2]
[3]
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Naval support:
Italy
[4]
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Soviet Union
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Commanders and leaders
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Strength
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Initial: 725,000
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Initial: 930,000
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Casualties and losses
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Army Group North
:
1941
: 85,371 total casualties
[5]
1942
: 267,327 total casualties
[6]
1943
: 205,937 total casualties
[7]
1944
: 21,350 total casualties
[8]
Total
: 579,985 casualties
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Northern Front
:
1,017,881 killed, captured or missing
[9]
2,418,185 wounded and sick
[9]
Total
: 3,436,066 casualties
Russian estimate of killed, captured or missing:
[10]
Baltic Fleet
: 55,890
Leningrad Front
: 467,525
Total
: 523,415
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Soviet civilians
:
642,000 during the siege, 400,000 at evacuations
[9]
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Although the
Soviet Union
forces managed to open a narrow path to the city on 18 January 1943, the siege was only stopped on 27 January 1944, 872 days after it began. It is thought of as one of the most destructive sieges ever to happen. It was possibly the heaviest in terms of casualties, killing over 1 million innocent people.
Also, because of the siege, no
food
was allowed to enter Leningrad, leaving the residents to eat things such as:
Because of the German operations, no people or supply trucks were allowed to enter or leave the city, leaving the occupants without food often for weeks or months.
[11]
- ↑
Andrews, Evan.
"The Siege of Leningrad"
.
HISTORY
. Retrieved
2021-05-20
.
- ↑
Brinkley & Haskew 2004
, p. 210
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help
)
- ↑
Wykes 1972
, pp. 9?21
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help
)
- ↑
Baryshnikov 2003; Juutilainen 2005, p. 670; Ekman, P-O:
Tysk-italiensk gastspel pa Ladoga 1942, Tidskrift i Sjovasendet 1973 Jan.?Feb.
Archived
4 March 2016 at the
Wayback Machine
, pp. 5?46.
- ↑
"Heeresarzt 10-Day Casualty Reports per Army/Army Group, 1941"
. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012
. Retrieved
28 March
2012
.
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- ↑
"Heeresarzt 10-Day Casualty Reports per Army/Army Group, 1942"
. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015
. Retrieved
24 March
2015
.
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- ↑
"Heeresarzt 10-Day Casualty Reports per Army/Army Group, 1943"
. Archived from the original on 25 May 2013
. Retrieved
25 May
2013
.
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link
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- ↑
"Heeresarzt 10-Day Casualty Reports per Army/Army Group, 1944"
. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012
. Retrieved
3 May
2012
.
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- ↑
9.0
9.1
9.2
Glantz 2001
, pp. 179
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help
)
- ↑
Krivosheev, G. F. (1997).
Soviet Casualties and Combat Losses in the Twentieth Century
.
ISBN
9781853672804
.
Archived
from the original on 18 January 2023
. Retrieved
3 October
2020
.
- ↑
Network, Warfare History (2020-09-13).
"How Leningrad Survived the Siege"
.
The National Interest
. Retrieved
2021-05-20
.