Leningrad sector
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The Leningrad sector was a key portion of the Eastern Front around the besieged city of Leningrad during World War II, where intense and prolonged fighting took place between German and Soviet forces.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Volkhov Front area | 1 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military sector
ⓘ
theater of operations ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Nazi Germany
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
intense combat
ⓘ
prolonged fighting ⓘ |
| conflict | Eastern Front NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryAtTime | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| defendedBy |
Leningrad Front (Soviet)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Red Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| frontType | Eastern Front NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includes |
Lake Ladoga area
ⓘ
Neva River sector NERFINISHED ⓘ Oranienbaum bridgehead area NERFINISHED ⓘ approaches to Leningrad ⓘ city of Leningrad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involves | Siege of Leningrad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Leningrad region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northwestern Soviet Union ⓘ |
| modernLocation | Saint Petersburg region, Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
extensive artillery bombardment
ⓘ
high civilian casualties ⓘ long-term siege warfare ⓘ urban and suburban combat ⓘ |
| objectiveOf | German Army Group North NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Finnish forces (in the north)
ⓘ
German Army Group North NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | World War II ⓘ |
| primaryOpposingForces | German Wehrmacht and Soviet Red Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedOperation |
Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Operation Barbarossa NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Iskra NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinyavino offensives NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | eventual lifting of the Siege of Leningrad ⓘ |
| startEvent | German invasion of the Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startYear | 1941 ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | key portion of the Eastern Front ⓘ |
| supplyRoute | Road of Life across Lake Ladoga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1941–1944 ⓘ |
| warTheater | Northern sector of the Eastern Front ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Volkhov Front area