Siege of Leningrad Part of the of Air raids on Leningrad near St. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Background [ ] Leningrad's capture was one of three strategic goals in the German and the main target of Army Group North. The strategy was motivated by 's political status as the former capital of and the symbolic capital of the, its military importance as a main base of the Soviet, and its industrial strength, housing numerous arms factories. By 1939, the city was responsible for 11% of all Soviet industrial output. It has been reported was so confident of capturing Leningrad that he had invitations printed to the victory celebrations to be held in the city's. Although various theories have been put forward about Germany's plans for Leningrad, including renaming the city Adolfsburg (as claimed by Soviet journalist Lev Bezymenski) and making it the capital of the new Ingermanland province of the Reich in, it is clear Hitler's intention was to utterly destroy the city and its population. According to a directive sent to Army Group North on 29 September, 'After the defeat of Soviet Russia there can be no interest in the continued existence of this large urban center. Find out more about the history of Siege of Leningrad, including videos, interesting articles, pictures, historical features and more. Get all the facts on HISTORY.com. It was the first Russian movie completely produced with IMAX 3D technology and. The film is a love story set in November 1942 during the Battle of Stalingrad. [.] Following the city's encirclement, requests for surrender negotiations shall be denied, since the problem of relocating and feeding the population cannot and should not be solved by us. In this war for our very existence, we can have no interest in maintaining even a part of this very large urban population.' Hitler's ultimate plan was to raze Leningrad to the ground and give areas north of the to the. Preparations [ ] German plans [ ] under Field Marshal advanced to Leningrad, its primary objective. Von Leeb's plan called for capturing the city on the move, but due to Hitler's recall of 4th Panzer Group (persuaded by his Chief of General Staff,, to transfer this south to participate in 's push for Moscow), von Leeb had to lay the city under siege indefinitely after reaching the shores of, while trying to complete the encirclement and reaching the under Marshal waiting at the, east of Leningrad. Finnish military forces were north of Leningrad, while German forces occupied territories to the south. Both German and Finnish forces had the goal of encircling Leningrad and maintaining the blockade perimeter, thus cutting off all communication with the city and preventing the defenders from receiving any supplies — although Finnish participation in the blockade mainly consisted of recapture of lands lost in the. Thus, it is argued that much of the Finns participation was merely defensive. The Germans planned on lack of food being their chief weapon against the citizens; German scientists had calculated the city would reach starvation after only a few weeks. Leningrad fortified region [ ].
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