Volkhov Front
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The Front was reformed on the 9 June 1942 from the Volkhov Operational Group of the Leningrad Front
and served until 15 February 1944, participating in the relief of the Siege of Leningrad
and taking part in other operations including:
Summer Autumn Campaign of 1943
Winter-Spring Campaign of 1944
Leningrad Front
The Leningrad Front was first formed on August 27, 1941, by dividing the Northern Front into the Leningrad Front and Karelian Front, during the German approach on Leningrad .-History:...
and served until 15 February 1944, participating in the relief of the Siege of Leningrad
Siege of Leningrad
The Siege of Leningrad, also known as the Leningrad Blockade was a prolonged military operation resulting from the failure of the German Army Group North to capture Leningrad, now known as Saint Petersburg, in the Eastern Front theatre of World War II. It started on 8 September 1941, when the last...
and taking part in other operations including:
Campaigns
Winter Campaign on 1942-43Summer Autumn Campaign of 1943
Winter-Spring Campaign of 1944
The strategic operations
- Leningrad-Novgorod strategic offensive operationLeningrad–Novgorod OffensiveThe Leningrad-Novgorod strategic offensive, also known as the Krasnoye Selo–Ropsha Offensive during World War II was launched by the Red Army on with an attack on the German Army Group North by the Soviet 2nd Pribaltiysky, Volkhov and Leningrad army fronts...
of 1944
- Relief of the Leningrad blockade through Operation Spark in 1943
Front and army operations
- Operation for the conclusion of extricating of the 2nd Shock Army of 1942
- 1942 Sinyavin offensive
- Minsk offensive operation of 1943
- Novgorod-Luzhsk offensive operation of 1944
Sources
- Meretskov, K.A., On the service of the nation. Moscow, Politizdat, 1968
- Bonn/Glantz, Slaughterhouse: Handbook of the Eastern Front, Aberjona Press, Bedford, PA, 2005
- John EricksonJohn Erickson (historian)John Erickson was a British historian who wrote extensively on the Second World War...
, The Road to Stalingrad, 1975, p. 278, 332 - Lubbeck, William and David B. Hurt. At Leningrad's Gates: The Story of a Soldier with Army Group North, Philadelphia, PA: Casemate, 2006 (ISBN 1-932033-55-6).