Leningrad strategic defensive

July 10 – September 30, 1941 · Pskov Oblast

Result German victory

Red Army and Soviet naval forces fought a series of defensive operations south of Leningrad against the advancing German army. The Germans prevailed and reached the city's approaches, setting the stage for the siege.

On the map Contemporaries

Axis

Allies

Germany

Soviet Union

Erich von Manstein military commander

Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb military commander

Georg-Hans Reinhardt military commander

Ernst Busch military commander

Georg von Küchler military commander

Kliment Voroshilov military commander

Georgy Zhukov military commander

Markian Popov military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 725,000
Casualties: 345,000
Tanks lost: c. 1,492
Aircraft lost: c. 1,702
Guns lost: 9,889

Units

Army Group North 16th Army (Wehrmacht) 18th Army (Wehrmacht) 4th Panzer Army XXXVIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht)

Leningrad Front Northwestern Front 34th Army (Soviet Union) 48th Army 52nd Army (Soviet Union) 8th Army (Soviet Union) 12th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) 16th Rifle Corps 11th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) 125th Rifle Division 163rd Rifle Division 177th Rifle Division 182nd Rifle Division 183rd Rifle Division 185th Rifle Division 189th Rifle Division 191st Rifle Division 198th Rifle Division 235th Rifle Division 237th Rifle Division 245th Rifle Division 24th Tank Division (Soviet Union) 256th Rifle Division 259th Rifle Division 25th Cavalry Division 28th Tank Division 33rd Rifle Division 46th Rocket Division 5th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) Baltic Fleet