Leningrad Front

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Leningrad Front
Battle of Courland
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Georgy Zhukov
Leonid Govorov
Soldiers in the trenches on the Leningrad Front before an offensive.

The Leningrad

Front (Russian: Ленинградский фронт) was formed during the 1941 German approach on Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) by dividing the Northern Front into the Leningrad Front and Karelian Front on August 27, 1941.[1]

History

The Leningrad Front was immediately given the task of containing the German drive towards

Leningrad and defending the city from the approaching Army Group North. By September 1941, German forces to the south were effectively stopped on the outskirts of Leningrad, initiating the two-and-a-half-year-long siege of Leningrad. Although Finnish forces to the north stopped at the old Finnish–Soviet border, the Leningrad front suffered severe losses on the Finnish Front. From September 8, soldiers of the front were forced to conduct operations under the conditions of a blockade, with very little supply. Some supplies did reach the city however via the lake Road of Life
.

During the blockade, the front executed various offensive and defensive operations, until finally with the help of the

Kalinin Oblast. Six months later, the Leningrad Front took over the town of Narva.[1]

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

Leningrad to Riga. Later, the Leningrad front was reinforced with elements of the recently disbanded 2nd Baltic Front. These forces were primarily stationed near the Courland Pocket, with the task of containing the German Army Group Courland, which would continue to resist Soviet forces up until the end of war in Europe.[1]

On June 24, 1945, the Leningrad front was reorganized into the Leningrad Military District.[1]

Structure

Upon its creation in August 1941, the Leningrad front included:

Following November 25, 1942, the structure of the Leningrad front constantly increased, it subsequently included:

Commanders

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Ленинградский фронт". Russian ministry of defense. Archived from the original on 2012-12-22. Retrieved 2008-02-02.
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