Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov11 September 1940
Takes over the defense of Leningrad
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Takes over the defense of Leningrad
By the end of the month the Germans give up storming the City & dig in for a siege. Arrives in Leningrad to co-ordinate its defenses
Ordered to plan the Russian recapture of Leningrad
Begins the offensive to recapture Leningrad
The Soviet Union announces the end of the deadly German siege of Leningrad, which had lasted 880 days with 600,000 killed. 633,000 civilians had died from starvation & a 200,000 from German military action
The Germans fall back to the River Luga
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