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Siege of Leningrad correct answers () Nazi army's unsuccessful attempt to capture the city of Leningrad in the Soviet Union during World War II; as many as 1 million civilians perished during the siege. Finnish were under the command of Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim South Defense Line Stretched from Luga River to Chudovo Army Group North was overseen by Wilhem Ritter von Leeb Leningrad was the main base of the Soviet Baltic Fleet Seige Started September 8th, 1941 Ended January 27th 1944 Nevsky Pyatachok correct answers Name of the bridgehead 50 km southeast of Leningrad Lyuban Offensive Operation correct answers Soviet attempt to relieve Leningrad Sinyavino Offensive (1942) correct answers An operation planned by the Soviet Union in the summer of 1942 with the aim of breaking the Siege of Leningrad, which had begun the previous summer, and establish a reliable supply line to Leningrad. Operation Iskra correct answers a Soviet military operation in January 1943 during World War II, aimed to break the Wehrmacht's Siege of Leningrad. Planning for the operation began shortly after the failure of the Sinyavino Offensive. The German defeat in the Battle of Stalingrad in late 1942 had weakened the German front. Operation Polyarnaya Zvezda correct answers Operation Polar Star was an operation conducted by the Soviet Leningrad, Volkhov and Northwestern Fronts in February and March 1943. The operation was planned by Georgy Zhukov in the wake of the successful Operation Iskra and envisaged two separate encirclements. Battle of Krasny Bor correct answers Part of the Soviet offensive Operation Polyarnaya Zvezda. It called for a pincer attack near Leningrad, to build on the success of Operation Iskra and completely lift the Siege of Leningrad, encircling a substantial part of the German 18th Army.