World War II: The 900-day Siege of Leningrad is lifted.

Siege of Leningrad

Blockade by the Axis powers, 1941–1944

The siege of Leningrad was a military blockade undertaken by the Axis powers against the city of Leningrad in the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front of World War II from 1941 to 1944. Leningrad, the country's second largest city, was besieged by Germany and Finland for 872 days,…