From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Contents 1 Battle for Leningrad 1.1 Role in the Eastern European Theatre 1.2 Leningrad as a Campaign objective 1.3 Defence on approaches to Leningrad 1.3.1 Defense on the far and near approaches 1.4 Battles of 1941 to 1943 1.4.1 The fighting by the Soviet troops from October 1941 to 12 January 1943 1.4.2 Leningrad Blockade break-through attempts during 1943 1.5 Lifting the siege 1.5.1 North-Western direction 1944 Offensive, and the complete lifting of the Siege of Leningrad

[edit] Battle for Leningrad

(Russian: Битва за Ленинград) 1941-1944.

[edit] Role in the Eastern European Theatre

[edit] Leningrad as a Campaign objective

[edit] Defence on approaches to Leningrad

[edit] Defense on the far and near approaches

• Defense of Hango village (22.06.41-02.12.41)
• Combat on the Finnish front
• Counter-attack at Soltsy (14-17.07.41)
• Defense of Estonia
• Defence of Tallin (5-28.08.41)
• Offensive operation by North-Western Front in the region of Staraya Russa (12-14.08.41)
• Envelopment of Leningrad from the East
• Sinyavsk operation (19-26.09.41)
• Defense of Moonzunsk islands (07.09.41-22.10.41)

[edit] Battles of 1941 to 1943

[edit] The fighting by the Soviet troops from October 1941 to 12 January 1943

• Mga operation
• Tikhvin defensive operation (16.10.41-18.11.41)
• Sinyavino defensive operation (20-28.10.41)
• Tikhvin offensive operation (10.11.41-30.12.41)
• Lyuban' operation
• Demyansk operation (07.01.42-20.05.42)
• Sinyavino offensive operation (19.08.42-10.10.42)

[edit] Leningrad Blockade break-through attempts during 1943

• Partial lifting of the Siege of Leningrad

[edit] Lifting the siege

[edit] North-Western direction 1944 Offensive, and the complete lifting of the Siege of Leningrad

• Leningrad - Novgorod operation (14.01.44-01.03.44)
• Krasnoye selo - Ropshin operation (14.01.44-30.01.44)
• Novgorod - Luga offensive operation (14.01.44-15.02.44)
• Vyborg - Petrozavodsk operation (10.06.44-09.08.44)
• Vyborg operation (10-20.06.44)
• Svir - Petrozavodsk operation (21.06.44-09.08.44)
• Moonzunsk islands operation (27.09.44-24.11.44)