What is Siege of Leningrad?
{{Infobox military conflict | conflict = Siege of Leningrad | place = [[Leningrad]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]] | partof = The [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern Front]] of [[World War II]] | image = Anti_aircraft_Leningrad_1941.JPG | image_size = 300px | caption = Soviet antiaircraft battery in Leningrad near [[Saint Isaac's Cathedral]], 1941 | date = 8 September 1941 - 27 January 1944 | territory = Axis forces are repelled {{cvt|60–100|km|mi}} away from Leningrad. | result = Siege lifted (Soviet victory) | combatant1 = {{plainlist| *{{flagcountry|Nazi Germany|23px}} *{{flagcountry|Republic of Finland}}<ref name=autogenerated8>{{Harvnb|Brinkley|Haskew|2004|p=210}}</ref><ref name=autogenerated3>{{Harvnb|Wykes|1972|pp=9–21}}</ref> * '''Naval support:''' * {{Flagcountry|Fascist Italy (1922-1943)}}<ref>Baryshnikov 2003; Juutilainen 2005, p. 670; Ekman, P-O: [http://www.koms.se/content/uploads/2013/09/TiS-nr-1-1973.pdf Tysk-italiensk gästspel på Ladoga 1942, Tidskrift i Sjöväsendet 1973 Jan.–Feb.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304134238/http://www.koms.se/content/uploads/2013/09/TiS-nr-1-1973.pdf |date=4 March 2016 }}, pp. 5–46.</ref>}} | combatant2 = {{flag|Soviet Union|1936}} | commander1 = {{plainlist| *{{nowrap|{{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} [[Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb]]}} *{{Flagicon|Nazi Germany}} [[Georg von Küchler]] *{{Flagicon|Finland}} [[Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim|C.G.E. Mannerheim]] *{{Flagicon|Finland}} [[Erik Heinrichs]] }} | commander2 = {{plainlist| *{{flagicon|Soviet Union|1936}} [[Markian Popov]] *{{flagicon|Soviet Union|1936}} [[Kliment Voroshilov]] *{{flagicon|Soviet Union|1936}} [[Georgy Zhukov]] *{{flagicon|Soviet Union|1936}} [[Ivan Fedyuninsky]] *{{flagicon|Soviet Union|1936}} [[Mikhail Khozin]] *{{flagicon|Soviet Union|1936}} [[Leonid Govorov]] *{{flagicon|Soviet Union|1936}} [[Kirill Meretskov]] }} | strength1 = Initial: 725,000 | strength2 = Initial: 930,000 | casualties1 = {{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} '''Army Group North