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Leningrad in World War II

  • Leningrad–Novgorod offensiveThe first staff meeting to plan the liberation of Leningrad took place on the 9th of September 1943. This gathering occurred exactly two years and one day…
  • Vyborg–Petrozavodsk offensiveIn January 1944, Soviet forces raised the Siege of Leningrad and drove the German Army Group North back to the Narva-Lake Ilmen-Pskov line.
  • Leningrad FrontThe Leningrad Front emerged on the 27th of August 1941 from the division of the Northern Front. This new army group faced an immediate task to contain the…