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

Siege of Leningrad

September 8, 1941 – January 27, 1944 · Siege of Leningrad

Result Soviet victory

Blockade of Leningrad by German and Finnish forces that lasted almost 900 days. Hundreds of thousands of civilians died, mostly of starvation, before the Red Army fully lifted the siege in January 1944.

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Allies

Axis

Soviet Union
Germany
Finland
Kliment Voroshilov military commander Georgy Zhukov military commander Kirill Meretskov military commander Markian Popov military commander
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim military commander Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb military commander Georg von Küchler military commander

Strength and losses

Casualties
3,473,066

Units

1st Baltic Front Leningrad Front Northwestern Front Volkhov Front 2nd Shock Army 54th Army (Soviet Union) 67th Army (Soviet Union) 8th Army (Soviet Union) 10th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) 30th Guards Army Corps 109th Rifle Division 10th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) 115th Rifle Division 118th Rifle Division 123rd Rifle Division 124th Rifle Division 125th Rifle Division 128th Rifle Division 131st Rifle Division 13th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) 142nd Rifle Division 168th Rifle Division 177th Rifle Division 189th Rifle Division 191st Rifle Division 196th Rifle Division 198th Rifle Division 19th Guards Rifle Division 202nd Rifle Division 21st Motor Rifle Division NKVD 224th Rifle Division 225th Rifle Division 25th Cavalry Division 291st Rifle Division 305th Rifle Division 310th Rifle Division 311th Rifle Division 312th Rifle Division 313th Rifle Division 314th Rifle Division 327th Rifle Division 366th Rifle Division 372nd Rifle Division 374th Rifle Division 376th Rifle Division 377th Rifle Division 378th Rifle Division 379th Rifle Division 382nd Rifle Division 44th Rifle Division 4th Guards Rifle Division 64th Guards Rifle Division 69th Guards Motor Rifle Division 70th Rifle Division 80th Rifle Division 85th Motor Rifle Division 98th Rifle Division 201st Guards Military Base 56th Guards District Training Center Baltic Fleet
Army Group North 4th Panzer Army L Army Corps (Wehrmacht) LIV Army Corps X Army Corps (Wehrmacht) XXVI Army Corps (Wehrmacht) XXXVIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht) 122nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 126th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 12th Luftwaffe Field Division 12th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) 13th Luftwaffe Field Division 170th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 1st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 215th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 217th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 225th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 24th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 254th Infantry Division 269th Infantry Division 290th Infantry Division 6th Flak Division 81st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 8th Panzer Division Blue Division

Battles 7

Also involved 3