Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive

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The Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive was a major Soviet World War II campaign in early 1944 that broke the German siege of Leningrad and pushed Axis forces back in northwestern Russia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II Eastern Front campaign ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Leningrad-Novgorod Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ
belligerent Army Group North ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
captures Novgorod ⓘ
casualties heavy on both sides ⓘ
commandedBy Ivan Maslennikov ⓘ
Kirill Meretskov ⓘ
Leonid Govorov ⓘ
conductedBy Red Army ⓘ
conflictIn World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Germany ⓘ
endDate 1944-03-01 ⓘ
followedBy Narva Offensive (1944) ⓘ
linked to: Narva offensive

Pskov-Ostrov Offensive ⓘ
frontInvolved 2nd Baltic Front ⓘ
Leningrad Front ⓘ
Volkhov Front ⓘ
involves air support ⓘ
armored forces ⓘ
artillery ⓘ
infantry forces ⓘ
liberates Novgorod ⓘ
location Leningrad Front ⓘ
Novgorod Oblast ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
northwestern Russia ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Russia
objective break the German siege of Leningrad ⓘ
liberate Novgorod ⓘ
push Axis forces away from Leningrad ⓘ
opposedBy Georg von Küchler ⓘ
Walter Model ⓘ
opposingForce German Army Group North ⓘ
linked to: Army Group North
partOf Eastern Front (World War II) ⓘ
Soviet winter campaign of 1943–1944 ⓘ
precededBy Sinyavino Offensive ⓘ
result German retreat in northwestern Russia ⓘ
decisive Soviet victory ⓘ
lifting of the Siege of Leningrad ⓘ
startDate 1944-01-14 ⓘ
strategicEffect collapse of German positions near Leningrad ⓘ
end of 872-day Siege of Leningrad ⓘ
shortening of German front line in the north ⓘ
theater Northern sector of the Eastern Front ⓘ
timePeriod February 1944 ⓘ
January 1944 ⓘ
typeOfOperation combined arms offensive ⓘ

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Leningrad Front (Soviet Union) → engagedIn → Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive ⓘ
Kirill Meretskov → participatedIn → Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive ⓘ
Soviet Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive → precededBy → Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive ⓘ
Battle of Narva (1944) → precededBy → Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive ⓘ
Volkhov Front → engagedIn → Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive ⓘ
subject linked to: Soviet Volkhov Front
Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive → alsoKnownAs → Leningrad-Novgorod Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ
linked to: Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive
Sinyavino offensives → partOf → Leningrad–Novgorod strategic direction ⓘ
linked to: Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive
2nd Baltic Front → participatedIn → Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive ⓘ
Kirill Meretskov → participatedIn → Leningrad–Novgorod offensive ⓘ
subject linked to: Meretskov
linked to: Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive
Defense of the Eastern Front → notableEngagement → Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive ⓘ
Leningrad sector → relatedOperation → Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive ⓘ
Battle of Krasny Bor → partOf → Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive ⓘ
Soviet 54th Army → participatedIn → Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive ⓘ
59th Army → participatedIn → Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive ⓘ
Narva offensive → partOf → Leningrad–Novgorod strategic offensive ⓘ
linked to: Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive
Narva offensive → precededBy → Leningrad–Novgorod offensive ⓘ
linked to: Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive
8th Army (Soviet Union) → notableOperation → Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive ⓘ
Soviet winter counteroffensives on the Eastern Front → hasPart → Leningrad–Novgorod offensive ⓘ
linked to: Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive
42nd Army → notableEngagement → Leningrad–Novgorod offensive ⓘ
linked to: Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive
67th Army → participatedIn → Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive ⓘ
Pskov-Ostrov Offensive → partOf → Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive ⓘ
Soviet winter campaign of 1943–1944 → includedOperation → Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive ⓘ