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By Caroline Bowman and CJ Moore
The Siege of Leningrad
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OPERATION BARBAROSSA
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BATTLE OF STALINGRAD
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2 million
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Humans
Crows
Rats
Goats
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2 and a half years
329 days
1 year
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Ice fishing
Transportation
Ice skating
The NHL 2006 championship
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Nazi Germany invaded the soviet union
Germany armies approached Leningrad from
the west and south
Russia went to Leningrad
Finished allies approach
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The largest military attack of world war II
To convince a Nazi truce
Most moving of Jewish to concentration
camps
Most ammo wasted
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Vital industrial and transportation center
Food and resources
People
All are true
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Vladimir Putin
Erik Frostad-Thomas
Marshal Georgii K. Zhukov
Alexi Novak
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Stalin
Hitler
Zhukov
Paulus
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Rat war
Blood bath
The cesspool
Final Countdown
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The Nazi invasion of Russia
Largest military attack in WWII
2.5 million German soldiers were put on the
border of the Soviet Union
Invaded over the borders
Because of the loss of time created by this
operation, Hitler and his armies were caught
in Russia during winter, weakening their
forces
1941
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Operation Barbarossa begins
Germans seal off Soviet resistance
cut off 300,00 Soviet man between Orsha and Smolensk
nearly 2/3 of the Red Army’s strength has already been eliminated
The Attack on Moscow begins
Siege of Leningrad begins
200 mile-long railroad work beings
1942
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German resistance stiffens
Soviet offensive continues to win small victories (north and center)
Soviets run out of resources – the offensive ends
Crimean Front collapsed
The temporary weakening of the German
forces was a result of the bad timing caused by
Operation Barbarossa.
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German troops surrounded Leningrad
German troops encircled the city of Leningrad
causing the citizens to be trapped
The most lethal siege in world history
Lasted exactly 900 days
1941
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Germany army begins shelling of Leningrad
Soviet fortress of Leningrad falls to Germans
rations run out in Leningrad and citizens begin to starve
1942
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800,000 of Leningrad citizens are evacuated through Lake Ladoga
Soviets launch a major offensive
Hitler orders two directives against Leningrad then orders a halt to any
major offensives (winter)
1943
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The Soviets enact Operation Spark retake the city of Shlusselburg
1944
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Soviet armies overtake German Army Group North (two-week offensive)
Stalin declared the Siege of Leningrad as over
The Siege of Leningrad played a vital role in the
German defeat on the Eastern Front of Europe,
giving Hitler more time and power to take on
other major Russian cities.
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Battle between German and Russia, to
conquer Russia
Hand-to-hand combat to take individual
streets
Considered to be the turning point in the war
Hitler and his armies were dominated by the
Russians, and after the battle, were in full
retreat
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The German summer offensive begins
STAVKA sets up a new “Stalingrad” Front
first German attempts to storm Stalingrad
Germans reach the bank of Volga
“Final” German attack on Stalingrad begins but is soon halted
Hitler orders all forces to take the defensive
Red Army prepares a plan for the relief of Stalingrad
Stalingrad Front takes the offensive
Germans withdraw
1943
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Field Marshal von Paulas surrenders at Stalingrad after being bombarded with
massive artillery
The tide turned in favor of the allies in the
European Front of WWII after the Battle of
Stalingrad.
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