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Name: Siege of Leningrad

Type: Event

Start: 1941 AD

End: 1941 AD

Parent: Operation Barbarossa

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Was a prolonged military blockade undertaken by the Axis powers against the Soviet city of Leningrad (present-day Saint Petersburg) on the Eastern Front of World War II.

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  • September 1941: Finns captured the Beloostrov and Kirjasalo salients and conducted defensive preparations.
  • June 1941: Riga conquered by germany.
  • August 1941: The German XXVI. Army Corps reached the Luga sector near Kingisepp on August 17.
  • October 1941: Until mid-October the large Baltic islands were occupied by German forces.
  • September 1941: On September 8, the Wehrmacht captured Schlisselburg on the shore of Lake Ladoga.
  • August 1941: The Germans Captured Tallinn by August 28.

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