Siege of Leningrad

September 8, 1941 – January 27, 1944

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.

Battles 7

July 10 – September 30, 1941
January 7 – May 25, 1942
Demyansk Pocket German victory Demyansk
January 7 – April 30, 1942
July 8–9, 1942
Battle of Someri Finnish victory Sommers Light Gordey Levchenko
January 12–30, 1943
Operation Iskra Soviet victory Saint Petersburg Kirill Meretskov, Leonid Govorov
February 1943 – April 1943
January 14 – March 1, 1944

Key commanders

Allies 5

Axis 7

Soviet Union 1