The siege of Leningrad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OCoxf64Xyg
Belligerents | |
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Germany Finland[1][2] Italy[3] Francoist Spain (Blue Division) |
Soviet Union |
Commanders and leaders | |
W. Ritter von Leeb Georg von Küchler C.G.E. Mannerheim[4] Agustín Muñoz Grandes |
Markian Popov Kliment Voroshilov Georgy Zhukov Ivan Fedyuninsky Mikhail Khozin Leonid Govorov |
Strength | |
725,000 | 930,000 |
Casualties and losses | |
Army Group North: 1941: 85,371 total casualties (KIA, WIA, MIA)[5] 1942: 267,327 total casualties (KIA, WIA, MIA)[6] 1943: 205,937 total casualties (KIA, WIA, MIA)[7] 1944: 21,350 total casualties (KIA, WIA, MIA)[8] Total: 579,985 casualties |
Northern Front: 1,017,881 killed, captured or missing[9] 2,418,185 wounded and sick[9] Total: 3,436,066 casualties Civilians:[9] 642,000 during the siege, 400,000 at evacuations |