The picture shows the Soviet army in the defense of Leningrad
In order to resist the aggression of Nazi Germany, the Soviet army during World War II created many songs and tears, of which the city of Leningrad for more than 900 days can be said to be the most important one, this battle began in September 9, 1941, until January 27, 1944, in the Nazi German army fully surrounded and the Soviet army defense center of gravity turned to Moscow, the military and civilians in Leningrad city of Leningrad hated each other, at the cost of 3 million people lost 1.5 million people to drag the German army for more than 900 days. The Battle of Leningrad became the longest besieged, most destructive and deadliest siege in modern human history.
The picture shows the defense of Leningrad
On June 22, 1941, the Sudden Battle of Barbarossa launched by the German army caused a huge blow and confusion to the Soviet army, because of the inability to deal with the German blitzkrieg tactics purge, resulting in the confusion of the Soviet army's upper command, the Soviet army suffered extremely painful losses in the early stage of the war, and even in the Battle of Kiev was surrounded by the German army and captured 660,000 people in one breath, the German army marched according to the schedule of Operation Barbarossa, and soon in September invaded the important Soviet city of Leningrad. The Soviet Union, which the Germans thought was vulnerable, would soon abandon the city under its own attack, but in the end the world did not expect that the city would become a testament to the courage and perseverance of the Soviet military and civilians.
In order to capture Leningrad as soon as possible and concentrate all forces on Moscow to launch a final decisive battle, in early September the German army began a large-scale air raid on Leningrad, burning almost all the main grain in the city, and the German commander Loeb also received a direct order from Hitler not to accept the surrender of the Soviet army, to move the city to the ground, for which the German army invested 750,000 people, 10,000 artillery and more than 1,000 aircraft, including a strong force, completely surrounded Leningrad on September 8. However, at this time, the Soviet army could only invest more than 100,000 troops of three armies to rescue the city, and the gap between the two sides was very significant.
After the city was completely surrounded by the Germans, the main food reserves in the city were destroyed by the Germans, Leningrad fell into famine, at the beginning of the battle the city will die more than 7,000 people every day, the Soviet army initially sent the famous general Zhukov and some reinforcements into Leningrad to fight, but after Moscow was threatened by the German army, Zhukov and most of the Soviet reinforcements could only turn to defend the capital, the city's defense tasks could only rely on the citizens themselves, in order to defend the city, more than 500,000 Leningrad citizens went to the front line every day to dig trenches, This was done with only 125 grams of coarse bread per person per day, and after the siege of Leningrad, people who suddenly starved to death could often be seen on the streets of Leningrad, and the barely surviving people continued to produce weapons for the soldiers on the front line in the armaments factories.
The picture shows the people of Leningrad
After more than 900 days of brutal siege of the city, on January 27, 1944, the Soviet army that turned into a full-scale counterattack successfully repelled the German army outside the city, Leningrad was finally liberated, the brutality of this battle and the tenacious will of the Soviet army inside the city surprised the whole world, under extremely unfavorable circumstances, Leningrad military and civilians not only held the city for more than 900 days, but also caused more than 90,000 losses to the elite German troops surrounding the city, which greatly delayed the pace of the German attack on the Soviet Union. To commemorate the battle, which bought valuable time for the Soviet Union to finally gain a foothold and launch a counterattack, the post-independence Russia designated Leningrad Liberation Day on January 27 as the Day of Glory for the Russian Army.