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from German forces, thus restoring communications between
Leningrad and the rest of the country. In mid and late-January 1944 the Leningrad front, along with the
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On April 21, 1944, parts of the
Leningrad front were broken off to create the 3rd Baltic Front. In June 1944, the Leningrad front, along with the
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Army Group North and broke the 28-month-long blockade. Several days later, these forces would completely liberate all of the
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During the blockade, the front executed various offensive and defensive operations, until finally with the help of the
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Following
November 25, 1942, the structure of the Leningrad front constantly increased, it subsequently included:
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would later leave the German side of the war. From
September–November 1944, the front participated in the
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to the north stopped at the old
Finnish–Soviet border, the Leningrad front suffered severe losses on the
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The
Leningrad Front was immediately given the task of containing the German drive towards
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had been the commander of the front, and in June 1944, he was awarded the title
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Soldiers in the trenches on the
Leningrad Front before an offensive.
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Upon its creation in August 1941, the
Leningrad front included:
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On June 24, 1945, the
Leningrad front was reorganized into the
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Red Army group on the
Eastern Front of World War II
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237:, the blockade was lifted. From June 1942,
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583:Continuation War#Trench warfare 1942-1943
332:, with the task of containing the German
273:. Six months later, the Leningrad Front
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443:(Aug 1941 - Dec 1943; then disbanded)
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310:recapturing the Moonsund archipelago
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288:operation. As a result of which,
284:had successfully carried out the
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651:Marshal of Victory, Volume II
190:into the Leningrad Front and
178:) was formed during the 1941
112:Leningrad Strategic Defensive
304:direction, and then towards
624:Russian ministry of defense
566:Marshal of the Soviet Union
562:(October 1941 – June 1942);
526:Marshal of the Soviet Union
345:Leningrad Military District
275:took over the town of Narva
243:Marshal of the Soviet Union
182:approach on Leningrad (now
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380:Southern operational group
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542:(September–October 1941);
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838:Maritime Group of Forces
572:(June 1942 – July 1945).
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1044:Zemland Group of Forces
649:Zhukov, Georgy (1974).
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828:Moscow Line of Defence
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619:"Ленинградский фронт"
296:, it advanced in the
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833:Moscow Reserve Front
568:(as of June 1944) -
338:end of war in Europe
194:on August 27, 1941.
823:Moscow Defence Zone
536:General of the Army
334:Army Group Courland
176:Ленинградский фронт
1080:Siege of Leningrad
595:Любанская операция
556:Lieutenant General
530:Kliment Voroshilov
516:Lieutenant General
212:siege of Leningrad
186:) by dividing the
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86:Army Group Command
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481:10th Guards Army
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326:2nd Baltic Front
294:Baltic Offensive
267:Leningrad Oblast
259:2nd Baltic Front
255:1st Baltic Front
208:Army Group North
184:Saint Petersburg
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120:Baltic Offensive
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767:Southwestern
757:Northwestern
721:Northwestern
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633:. Retrieved
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486:3rd Air Army
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390:Baltic Fleet
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282:Baltic fleet
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247:Shlisselburg
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224:Road of Life
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107:World War II
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62:Soviet Union
1054:Transbaikal
1019:Far Eastern
954:Belorussian
908:Far Eastern
903:Transbaikal
777:Far Eastern
736:Far Eastern
726:Belorussian
316:coast from
263:pushed back
214:. Although
102:Engagements
1069:Categories
868:Stalingrad
635:2008-02-02
589:References
510:Commanders
165:Leningrad
137:commanders
130:Commanders
984:Ukrainian
893:Caucasian
798:Leningrad
745:June 1941
731:Ukrainian
452:67th Army
447:59th Army
441:55th Army
435:54th Army
430:52nd Army
425:51st Army
420:42nd Army
415:22nd Army
410:21st Army
405:20th Army
370:48th Army
365:23rd Army
351:Structure
318:Leningrad
204:Leningrad
45:1941–1945
1049:Karelian
917:Late war
858:Voronezh
793:Karelian
772:Southern
752:Northern
706:Red Army
577:See also
360:8th Army
257:and the
94:Several
77:Red Army
36:map 1943
898:Crimean
843:Reserve
818:Bryansk
813:Central
808:Kalinin
803:Volkhov
786:Mid-war
762:Western
714:1938–40
704:of the
375:Koporye
306:Tallinn
290:Finland
198:History
172:Russian
135:Notable
50:Country
924:Baltic
878:Steppe
702:Fronts
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384:Slutsk
314:Baltic
286:Vyborg
253:, the
231:Baltic
180:German
96:Armies
68:Branch
59:
42:Active
853:Kursk
848:Oryol
302:Tartu
298:Narva
167:Front
655:ISBN
322:Riga
269:and
233:and
163:The
91:Size
83:Type
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