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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
Soviet anti-aircraft battery in Leningrad near Saint Isaac's Cathedral, 1941
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
German soldiers in front of burning houses and a church, near Leningrad in 1941
Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb with Erich Hoepner in September 1941
Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb with Erich Hoepner in September 1941
Women from Leningrad digging an anti-tank ditch, July 1941
Women from Leningrad digging an anti-tank ditch, July 1941
Operation Barbarossa
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Operation Barbarossa was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and several of its European Axis allies starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during World War II. More than 3.8 million Axis troo
Siege of Leningrad
…on 18 January 1943, but the siege was not fully broken until 27 January 1944. The capture of Leningrad was one of three strategic goals of the German Operation Barbarossa and as a result, Leningrad was the main target of Army Group North. The strategy was motivated by Leningrad's political status as the former capital…
Clockwise from top-left: German soldiers advance through northern Russia German flamethrower crew burns down a house in the background German Panzer I
Clockwise from top-left: German soldiers advance through northern Russia German flamethrower crew burns down a house in the background German Panzer IV stuck in the snow with white camouflage paint Soviet Ilyushin Il-2s over German positions near Moscow Soviet POWs on the way to prison camps Soviet soldiers fire artillery
1939 German Diplomatic passport with its holder returning after the outbreak of war two years later and being evacuated on a special train out of the
1939 German Diplomatic passport with its holder returning after the outbreak of war two years later and being evacuated on a special train out of the USSR.
Semyon Timoshenko and Georgy Zhukov in 1940
Semyon Timoshenko and Georgy Zhukov in 1940
Army general (later Marshal) Zhukov speaking at a military conference in Moscow, September 1941
Army general (later Marshal) Zhukov speaking at a military conference in Moscow, September 1941