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| 1940 | Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich |  |
| 11th Sep Leningrad Takes over the defense of Leningrad |
| 1941 | Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich | |
| 13th Sep Leningrad Arrives in Leningrad to co-ordinate its defenses |
| 13th Sep Leningrad By the end of the month the Germans give up storming the City & dig in for a siege |
| 1943 | Govorov, Leonid | |
| Sep Leningrad Ordered to plan the Russian recapture of Leningrad |
| 1944 | Govorov, Leonid | |
| 14th Jan Leningrad Begins the offensive to recapture Leningrad |
| 1944 | Stalin, Joseph | |
| 27th Jan Leningrad 633,000 civilians had died from starvation & a 200,000 from German military action |
| 27th Jan Leningrad The Soviet Union announces the end of the deadly German siege of Leningrad, which had lasted 880 days with 600,000 killed |
| 28th Jan River Luga The Germans fall back to the River Luga |
