✦ History

Part of Eastern Front (World War II), Siege of Leningrad

Leningrad–Novgorod offensive

January 14 – March 1, 1944

Result Soviet victory

The Red Army attacked German Army Group North and fully lifted the siege of Leningrad. Soviet troops pushed the Germans back to the Estonian border.

Overview Contemporaries

Axis

Allies

Germany
Soviet Union
Walter Model military commander Georg von Küchler military commander
Kirill Meretskov military commander Markian Popov military commander Leonid Govorov military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
500,000
Casualties
71,651
Wounded
46,912
Tanks
146
Aircraft
140
Guns
2,389
Strength
822,000
Casualties
313,953
Wounded
237,267
Tanks
550
Aircraft
653
Guns
4,600

Units

Army Group North LIV Army Corps 13th Luftwaffe Field Division 1st Luftwaffe Field Division 215th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 81st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
2nd Baltic Front Leningrad Front Volkhov Front 1st Shock Army 54th Army (Soviet Union) 59th Army (Soviet Union) 67th Army (Soviet Union) 30th Guards Army Corps 7th Rifle Corps 109th Rifle Division 11th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) 120th Rifle Division 123rd Rifle Division 124th Rifle Division 125th Rifle Division 128th Rifle Division 131st Rifle Division 13th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) 168th Rifle Division 177th Rifle Division 182nd Rifle Division 189th Rifle Division 191st Rifle Division 196th Rifle Division 198th Rifle Division 224th Rifle Division 225th Rifle Division 229th Rifle Division 239th Rifle Division 23rd Guards Rifle Division 245th Rifle Division 256th Rifle Division 26th Rifle Division 291st Rifle Division 2nd Rifle Division (Soviet Union) 310th Rifle Division 311th Rifle Division 314th Rifle Division 33rd Rifle Division 364th Rifle Division 372nd Rifle Division 374th Rifle Division 376th Rifle Division 377th Rifle Division 378th Rifle Division 37th Rifle Division 382nd Rifle Division 391st Rifle Division 43rd Guards Rifle Division 43rd Rifle Division 64th Guards Rifle Division 65th Rifle Division 85th Motor Rifle Division 98th Rifle Division 56th Guards District Training Center Baltic Fleet

Battles 2