Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive

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World War II Eastern Front campaign military offensive

The Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive was a major Soviet World War II campaign in early 1944 that broke the German siege of Leningrad and pushed Axis forces back in northwestern Russia.

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Label Occurrences
Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive canonical 7
Leningrad-Novgorod Strategic Offensive Operation 1
Leningrad–Novgorod offensive 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II Eastern Front campaign ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive ⓘ
surface form: Leningrad-Novgorod Strategic Offensive Operation
belligerent Army Group North ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
captures Novgorod ⓘ
casualties heavy on both sides ⓘ
commandedBy Ivan Maslennikov ⓘ
Kirill Meretskov ⓘ
Leonid Govorov ⓘ
conductedBy Red Army ⓘ
conflictIn World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Germany ⓘ
endDate 1944-03-01 ⓘ
followedBy Narva offensive ⓘ
surface form: Narva Offensive (1944)

Pskov-Ostrov Offensive ⓘ
frontInvolved 2nd Baltic Front ⓘ
Leningrad Front (Soviet Union) ⓘ
surface form: Leningrad Front

Soviet Volkhov Front ⓘ
surface form: Volkhov Front
involves air support ⓘ
armored forces ⓘ
artillery ⓘ
infantry forces ⓘ
liberates Novgorod ⓘ
location Leningrad Front (Soviet Union) ⓘ
surface form: Leningrad Front

Novgorod Oblast ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
Northwest Russia ⓘ
surface form: northwestern Russia
objective break the German siege of Leningrad ⓘ
liberate Novgorod ⓘ
push Axis forces away from Leningrad ⓘ
opposedBy Georg von Küchler ⓘ
Walter Model ⓘ
opposingForce Army Group North ⓘ
surface form: German Army Group North
partOf Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)

Soviet winter campaign of 1943–1944 ⓘ
precededBy Sinyavino offensives ⓘ
surface form: Sinyavino Offensive
result German retreat in northwestern Russia ⓘ
decisive Soviet victory ⓘ
lifting of the Siege of Leningrad ⓘ
startDate 1944-01-14 ⓘ
strategicEffect collapse of German positions near Leningrad ⓘ
end of 872-day Siege of Leningrad ⓘ
shortening of German front line in the north ⓘ
theater Northern sector of the Eastern Front ⓘ
timePeriod February 1944 ⓘ
January 1944 ⓘ
typeOfOperation combined arms offensive ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leningrad Front (Soviet Union) → engagedIn → Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive ⓘ
Kirill Meretskov → participatedIn → Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive ⓘ
Soviet Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive → precededBy → Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive ⓘ
Battle of Narva (1944) → precededBy → Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive ⓘ
Soviet Volkhov Front → engagedIn → Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive ⓘ
subject surface form: Volkhov Front
Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive → alsoKnownAs → Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leningrad-Novgorod Strategic Offensive Operation
Sinyavino offensives → partOf → Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leningrad–Novgorod strategic direction
2nd Baltic Front → participatedIn → Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive ⓘ
Meretskov → participatedIn → Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive ⓘ
subject surface form: Kirill Meretskov
this entity surface form: Leningrad–Novgorod offensive
Defense of the Eastern Front → notableEngagement → Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive ⓘ