Siege of Leningrad
The siege of Leningrad was a siege in Leningrad during World War II.[1] The siege started on 8 September 1941, when the last road to the city was severed.
| Siege of Leningrad | |||||||||
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| Part of Eastern Front (World War II) | |||||||||
 Soviet antiaircraft battery in Leningrad near Saint Isaac's Cathedral, 1941 | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Nazi Germany Finland[2][3] >Naval support:  Italy[4] |
 Soviet Union | ||||||||
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| Strength | |||||||||
| Initial: 725,000 | Initial: 930,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
 Army Group North: 1941: 85,371 total casualties[5] 1942: 267,327 total casualties[6] 1943: 205,937 total casualties[7] 1944: 21,350 total casualties[8] Total: 579,985 casualties |
Baltic Fleet: 55,890 Leningrad Front: 467,525 Total: 523,415 | ||||||||
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Soviet civilians: 642,000 during the siege, 400,000 at evacuations[9] | |||||||||
Although the Soviet Union forces managed to open a narrow path to the city on 18 January 1943, the siege was only stopped on 27 January 1944, 872 days after it began. It is thought of as one of the most destructive sieges ever to happen. It was possibly the heaviest in terms of casualties, killing over 1 million innocent people. Also, because of the siege, no food was allowed to enter Leningrad, leaving the residents to eat things such as:
- Cats
- Sawdust
- Horses
- Wallpaper paste
- Human flesh (e.g babies)
- Anything that could be salvaged and was edible
Because of the German operations, no people or supply trucks were allowed to enter or leave the city, leaving the occupants without food often for weeks or months.[11]
Siege Of Leningrad Media
German soldiers in front of burning houses and a church, near Leningrad in 1941
Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb with Erich Hoepner in September 1941
Antiaircraft guns guarding the sky of Leningrad, in front of St. Isaac's Cathedral
Map of Army Group North's advance into the USSR in 1941. Coral up to 9 July, pink up to 1 September and green up to 5 December.
Map showing the Axis encirclement of Leningrad
Hitler with Finland's Marshal Carl Gustav Mannerheim and President Risto Ryti meeting in Imatra in 1942
Two Soviet soldiers, one armed with a DP machine gun, in the trenches of the Leningrad Front on 1 September 1941
Nurses helping wounded people during a German bombardment on 10 September 1941
The Battle of Russia film showing the Leningrad Road of Life during the siege of the city. From Why We Fight
Supplies being unloaded from a barge on Lake Ladoga to a narrow-gauge train in 1942
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References
- ↑ Andrews, Evan. "The Siege of Leningrad". HISTORY. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- ↑ Brinkley & Haskew 2004, p. 210
- ↑ Wykes 1972, pp. 9–21
- ↑ Baryshnikov 2003; Juutilainen 2005, p. 670; Ekman, P-O: Tysk-italiensk gästspel på Ladoga 1942, Tidskrift i Sjöväsendet 1973 Jan.–Feb. Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, pp. 5–46.
- ↑ "Heeresarzt 10-Day Casualty Reports per Army/Army Group, 1941". Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ "Heeresarzt 10-Day Casualty Reports per Army/Army Group, 1942". Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ "Heeresarzt 10-Day Casualty Reports per Army/Army Group, 1943". Archived from the original on 25 May 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ "Heeresarzt 10-Day Casualty Reports per Army/Army Group, 1944". Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Glantz 2001, pp. 179
- ↑ Krivosheev, G. F. (1997). Soviet Casualties and Combat Losses in the Twentieth Century. ISBN 9781853672804. Archived from the original on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ↑ Network, Warfare History (2020-09-13). "How Leningrad Survived the Siege". The National Interest. Retrieved 2021-05-20.