What the records say
- When
- 14 Jan 1944 – 1 Mar 1944
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 59.35° N, 31.25° E
- Description
- 1944 military operation
- War
- World War II
Placed at the middle of the other battles of Siege of Leningrad.
Leningrad–Novgorod offensive
1944 military operation
The Leningrad–Novgorod strategic offensive was a strategic offensive during World War II. It was launched by the Red Army on 14 January 1944 with an attack on the German Army Group North by the Soviet Volkhov and Leningrad fronts, along with part of the 2nd Baltic Front, with a goal of fully lifting the siege of Leningrad.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die sowjetische Leningrad-Nowgoroder Operation zur Aufhebung der Leningrader Blockade durch die Wehrmacht beginnt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “début de l’offensive Leningrad–Novgorod ; Pouchkine est libérée le 26 janvier, Leningrad le 27 janvier”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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