Siege of Leningrad (sep 8, 1941 – jan 27, 1944)
Description:
- resulted in the deaths of over 1 million civilians- had to use a hazardous 'ice and water road' across Lake Lagoda to get supplies
- eventually opened a land corridors (Jan 1943)
- Red Army victories elsewhere allowed them to life the siege in 1944
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Date:
sep 8, 1941
jan 27, 1944
~ 2 years and 4 months