What happened in the Siege of Leningrad?

Answer 1

The city of leningrad was never directly invaded by the Germans during ww2 however the war still had a devastating affect on the city. Due to the position of the city (which is also known as the Venice of the north) it became almost completely surrounded. The Finnish army were to the North, the Germans to the South, Lake Ladoga in the East and the Gulf of Finland in the West. This meant that nearly all supply routes to the city were blocked after the German advance to the outskirts of the Leingrad in autumn 1941. The winter of 1941-2 was an exceptionally cold one even by Russian standards and though some people evacuated the majority of the population remained behind. Due to lack of supplies the rations were gradually cut and at their lowest gave a piece of bread about the size of a pack of cards per person a day, bread made from sawdust and linseed cake. The people of Leningrad were obviously extremly desperate and reports of cannibalism were heard. The electricity was cut meaning no trams ran and there was no fuel for buses. When people died they often just lay in the streets or in mass graves because no one had the strength to lift them. The Germans also bombed the city the objective being to raze it to the ground. Historic landmarks such as the Hermitage and Winter Palace were bombed though the art work was removed and the infamous Bronze Horseman statue surrounded by sandbags, the gold spires of st Pauls and Peters cathedral was also covered in camoflage gear. The Leningrad garrison stationed at the Pavlov barracks remained in place throughout this first winter of the siege. Workers at places such as the Kirov factory, the largest industrial plant in Leningrad before the war were given rifles and trained to fight and dig trenches before they started work. One hospital in Leningrad burned to the ground being made not of brick but wattle and daub like much of Leningrad, an other only kept one wing out of three open due to electricity shortages. After the winter of 1941-2 the bread ration was increased not because there was more bread, but because there were less people. Though somewere evacuated many either froze to death or died of starvation. The City council in the thaw became increasingly concerned about the spread of disease due to the thousands of unburied bodies and ordered a major clean up opertaion. An Ice road was created over Lake Ladoga to help supply the city, named the Road of life, ironic really as so many died in the transportation across the lake. The blockade was eventually lifted in 1943-4 though much of Leningrads population and culture was desimated. To put the situation into context I read somewhere that more civiallians died, that is froze or starved to death, not including the People's army voleteers or soldiers from the Leningrad garrison died in the siege of Leningrad than in the bomb attacks of Hiroshama and Nagasaki combined.

Answer 2

The Siege of Leningrad,was a prolonged military operation undertaken by the German Army Group North against Leningrad in the Eastern Front theater of World War II. The siege started on 8 September 1941, when the last land connection to the city was severed. Although the Soviets managed to open a narrow land corridor to the city on 18 January 1943, lifting of the siege took place on 27 January 1944, 872 days after it began. It was one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history and overwhelmingly the most costly in terms of casualties.

Answer 3

Leningrad was heavily sieged by the German Army from 1941 to 1944. Leningrad was a city close to the Lake of Finland and Lake Lagota. Casualties are unknown for the German, Italian, and Finnish side, but for the USSR, over 3.4 million soldiers were killed and more than 1 million civilians were killed.

Answer 4

There were two ways, displacement and death. Death of course from the battle itself onto civilians and soldiers. During the battle, soviets had 1.1 million casualties and the Axis had 860,000. Out of the lot, around 25,000-40,000 civilians were killed. Displacement is where the locals flee the city to somewhere more peaceful or just being homeless until something good happens.

Answer 5

The city of Leningrad they became so desperate for food that they even ate dogs.

Answer 6

There was no Leningrad during World War One, at that time under the Tsar it was Saint Petersburg.