Siege of Leningrad: Timeline

1941   World War II World War II

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: Siege of Leningrad begins - German Germany

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 forces begin a siege against the Soviet Union Soviet Union

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's second-largest city, Leningrad Saint Petersburg

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. Stalin orders the Volga Deutsche deported to Siberia.

1943   World War II World War II

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: Soviet Soviet Union

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 officials announce they have broken the Wehrmacht Wehrmacht

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's siege of Leningrad.

1944   The two year Siege of Leningrad is lifted.