Effect Of The Siege Of Leningrad On The City
The 872-day, prolonged military operation the Siege of Leningrad, Russia, resulting from the failure of the German Army Group North to capture Leningrad in the Eastern Front of World War II, between 8 September 1941 and 27 January 1944, was one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history, causing considerable devastation to the city of Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg).
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