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Also Known As 900-day siege
Date September 8, 1941 - January 27, 1944
Location Russia • St. Petersburg
Participants Finland • Germany • Soviet Union
Context World War II • Eastern Front

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German soldiers during Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa
June 22, 1941
Siege of Leningrad
Siege of Leningrad
September 8, 1941 - January 27, 1944
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Stalingrad
August 22, 1942 - February 2, 1943
Kursk, Battle of
Battle of Kursk
July 5, 1943 - August 23, 1943

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