not leningrad but Stalingrad and marechal Zubof won
The lengthy siege of Leningrad (now returned to its original name of St Petersburg) was eventually won by the Soviets after much suffering by the inhabitants. There was no siege of Stalingrad, but there was a lengthy battle with heavy casualties on both sides. The Soviet Army under Marshal Zhukov won this also.
The siege of Leningrad lasted from September 1941 to 1944. By the end of the siege, some 632,000 people are thought to have died with nearly 4,000 people from Leningrad starving to death on Christmas Day, 1941. The first German artillery shell fell on Leningrad on September 1st, 1941. The city, one of the primary targets of 'Operation Barbarossa', was expected "to fall like a leaf"
The casualties during the Siege of Leningrad is estimatedat 1.5 million , both civilian and military .
Leningrad.
Leningrad, from September, 1941 until January, 1944. Today the city is called St. Petersburg.
The Siege of Leningrad had its regions surrounded on all sides by the Finns and Germans. The Finns were in the northeastern sectors with the German Army Group North sieging the city from the South.
Effect of the Siege of Leningrad on the city happened in 1941.
Simply speaking, the Russians. The siege was finally lifted by Marshal Zhukov's offensive on January 27, 1944, as part of the Leningrad-Novgorod strategic offensive operation.
The siege of Leningrad lasted 871 days from 8th september 1941- 27th January 1944.
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The siege of Leningrad lasted from September 1941 to 1944. By the end of the siege, some 632,000 people are thought to have died with nearly 4,000 people from Leningrad starving to death on Christmas Day, 1941. The first German artillery shell fell on Leningrad on September 1st, 1941. The city, one of the primary targets of 'Operation Barbarossa', was expected "to fall like a leaf"
Leningrad, USSR
The siege of Leningrad lasted from September 1941 to 1944. By the end of the siege, some 632,000 people are thought to have died with nearly 4,000 people from Leningrad starving to death on Christmas Day, 1941. The first German artillery shell fell on Leningrad on September 1st, 1941. The city, one of the primary targets of 'Operation Barbarossa', was expected "to fall like a leaf"
The casualties during the Siege of Leningrad is estimatedat 1.5 million , both civilian and military .
The citizens of Leningrad were forced to be stoical if they were to survive the siege.
Russia.
Russia.
Leningrad is a Russian City. What happened was it was heavily sieged by the Germans in the second World War. It is believed that the siege killed 632,000 people.