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    The Leningrad Front (Russian: Ленинградский фронт) was formed during the 1941 German approach on Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) by dividing the Northern...
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    co-belligerent Finland against the Soviet city of Leningrad (present-day Saint Petersburg) on the Eastern Front of World War II. Germany's Army Group North...
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    Soviet Volkhov and Leningrad fronts, along with part of the 2nd Baltic Front, with a goal of fully lifting the siege of Leningrad. Approximately two weeks...
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  • Baltic Front Oct–Dec 1943. Karelian Front – formed from Northern Front, along with Leningrad Front, on 23 August 1941. Kursk Front Leningrad Front – formed...
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    August 1944, in which the German Army Detachment "Narwa" and the Soviet Leningrad Front fought for possession of the strategically important Narva Isthmus...
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  • Operation Polyarnaya Zvezda in the Eastern Front of World War II. It called for a pincer attack near Leningrad to build on the success of Operation Iskra...
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  • of Leningrad in March 1941, based on the shtat (table of organization and equipment) of September 13, 1939. As Army Group North advanced on Leningrad the...
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    The Leningrad Front, the Volkhov Front and the right wing forces of the Northwestern Front were to rout the Army Group North." The Southwestern Front and...
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  • offensive thrust towards Leningrad. Initially the front operated to the south of Leningrad, with its flank on Lake Ladoga. The Volkhov Front was formed on 17...
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    Siege of Leningrad. By the joint efforts of troops of the Leningrad Front, Volkhov Front, and the 2nd Baltic Front during January 1944 the Leningrad–Novgorod...
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    Leonid Govorov (category Siege of Leningrad)
    army in November 1941 during the Battle of Moscow. He commanded the Leningrad Front from April 1942 to the end of the war. He reached the rank of Marshal...
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    Sinyavino offensive (1942) (category Siege of Leningrad)
    offensive began first in two stages. The Leningrad Front began the offensive on 19 August and the Volkhov Front launched the main offensive on 27 August...
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  • Leningrad strategic defensive | partof = the Eastern Front of World War II | image = Siege of Leningrad Eastern Front 1941 06 to 1941 12.png | caption...
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  • 1941, the Front's forces were divided into the Karelian Front and the Leningrad Front. Lieutenant General Markian M. Popov commanded the Front for the three...
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    Vyborg–Petrozavodsk offensive (category Leningrad in World War II)
    Soviet Leningrad and Karelian Fronts against Finland on the Karelian Isthmus and East Karelia fronts of the Continuation War, on the Eastern Front of World...
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    but then they were halted just before Leningrad. The army group was on 26 August renamed as the Leningrad Front. Then he participated in Zhukov's counteroffensive...
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  • September 8, 1941 – January 18, 1944: Siege of Leningrad – the city of Leningrad and armies of the Leningrad Front encircled, deadliest siege in history Operation...
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    front. With 23rd Army of the Leningrad Front) May 1945. 178th Rifle Division — established at Omsk prior to Jun 1941. With 23rd Army of the Leningrad...
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    Operation Iskra (category Siege of Leningrad)
    Army's Leningrad Front, Volkhov Front, and the Baltic Fleet from 12 to 30 January 1943 with the aim of creating a land connection to Leningrad. Soviet...
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    the Kurland Group (Leningrad Front) 5.45. 28th Breakthrough Artillery Division – Fought in Kurland; with Kurland Group (Leningrad Front) May 1945. 29th Breakthrough...
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  • Leningrad Front 8.1942: 42nd Army, Leningrad Front 9.1942: Leningrad Front 10.1942 — 1.1943: 42nd Army, Leningrad Front 2.1943: 67th Army, Leningrad Front...
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    (Moonsund archipelago). The attacking forces were from the 8th Army of the Leningrad Front. The Estonian islands were occupied largely by units of the German...
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    resistance to a collapse. Stalin gave a short and clear order to the Leningrad Front on 14 February: It is mandatory that our forces seize Narva no later...
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    Kirill Meretskov (category Siege of Leningrad)
    the 7th Army and later the Volkhov Front during the 1941–1944 siege of Leningrad. He commanded the Karelian Front from February 1944, notably the Petsamo–Kirkenes...
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    Soviet Leningrad Front. They fought for the strategically important Narva Isthmus from 25 July–10 August 1944. The battle was fought on the Eastern Front during...
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  • showed good sharpshooting skills. After training he was sent to the Leningrad Front. According to his own memoirs, he decided to become a sniper in summer...
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    Western Front and the Kalinin Front during Operation Mars. In January 1943, he—together with Kliment Voroshilov—coordinated the actions of the Leningrad and...
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  • 23:00, on 8 May 1945, surrendering to Leonid Govorov, commander of the Leningrad Front. By the evening of 9 May 1945 189,000 German troops, including 42 officers...
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  • in Karelia. The Karelian Front was created in August 1941 when Northern Front was split into Karelian Front and Leningrad Front to take account of the different...
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    in the 65th Infantry Regiment, participated in the battles on the Leningrad front at Krasnoborsky, Gatchinsky, and elsewhere, and was wounded three times...
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