Leningrad strategic defensive operation is the term in Soviet historiography for the defensive operations in the area south of Leningrad by the Red Army and the Soviet Navy during World War II from 10
Fighting by Soviet troops on the outskirts of Leningrad. July 10 - November 10, 1941
Civilians working on the Luga defensive line in the summer of 1941
Final advance on Leningrad
Siege of Leningrad
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The Siege of Leningrad was a military blockade undertaken by the Axis powers against the city of Leningrad in the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front of World War II from 1941 to 1944. Leningrad, the co
Leningrad strategic defensive
…10 July – 30 September 1941 Location Pskov Oblast, Novgorod Oblast, Estonia, Leningrad Oblast, the Baltic Sea Result German victory Beginning of the Siege of Leningrad Belligerents Germany Soviet Union Commanders and leaders Wilhelm von Leeb G. Küchler Ernst Busch Erich Hoepner G. Reinhardt E. von Manstein Petr…
Soviet anti-aircraft battery in Leningrad near Saint Isaac's Cathedral, 1941
German soldiers in front of burning houses and a church, near Leningrad in 1941
Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb with Erich Hoepner in September 1941
Women from Leningrad digging an anti-tank ditch, July 1941