How Soviet troops lifted the Siege of Leningrad
The Red Army spent over two years trying to drive the enemy from around the city, but it only became possible in the wake of the triumph at the Kursk Salient and following a fundamental watershed in the war.
On September 8, 1941, German troops completed the encirclement of Leningrad by land. Now, the besieged city was only connected to the "mainland" by a water route across Lake Ladoga. The 'Road of Life', as it