✦ History

Part of Siege of Leningrad

Operation Polar Star

February 1943 – April 1943

Result German victory

Soviet forces tried to cut off the German salient south of Leningrad and break the siege. The offensive failed, with heavy Soviet losses.

Overview Contemporaries

Axis

Allies

Germany
Soviet Union
Georg von Küchler military commander
Georgy Zhukov military commander

Units

Army Group North
Leningrad Front Northwestern Front Volkhov Front 54th Army (Soviet Union) 177th Rifle Division 182nd Rifle Division 198th Rifle Division 225th Rifle Division 229th Rifle Division 235th Rifle Division 311th Rifle Division 364th Rifle Division 370th Rifle Division 374th Rifle Division 378th Rifle Division 379th Rifle Division 64th Guards Rifle Division 7th Guards Rifle Division 56th Guards District Training Center

Battles 1