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    The LeningradNovgorod strategic offensive was a strategic offensive during World War II. It was launched by the Red Army on January 14, 1944 with an attack...
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    restore the independence of the country. As a continuation of the LeningradNovgorod Offensive of January 1944, the Soviet Estonian operation pushed the front...
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  • 21st Army on April 10. While the LeningradNovgorod offensive had driven Army Group North from the gates of Leningrad, Finland continued to hold the part...
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    the number of casualties low. The Soviet LeningradNovgorod Offensive finally lifted the siege of Leningrad on 27 January 1944. The Army Group North was...
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    Siege of Leningrad. The area was only fully liberated during the LeningradNovgorod offensive in January 1944. The first Sinyavino offensive was a Soviet...
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    in the offensive that finally drove Army Group North away from Leningrad and received a battle honor for its role in the liberation of Novgorod. As the...
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  • more offensives to widen the land corridor to the city, but only made marginal gains. Finally, in January 1944, it took part in the LeningradNovgorod Offensive...
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  • around Sinyavino. At the start of the winter offensive that drove Army Group North away from Leningrad the 196th was part of 2nd Shock Army in the Oranienbaum...
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    the launching of the LeningradNovgorod Offensive in early 1944, which finally ended the siege (see LeningradNovgorod Offensive). In 1948, the town was...
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  • of 1944 and, during the offensive that finally drove Army Group North away from Leningrad, it helped to maintain the offensive's momentum following the...
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  • Operation Polar Star. The front began to move again during the Leningrad-Novgorod Offensive in January/February 1944; Staraya Russa finally fell after holding...
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  • stages of the LeningradNovgorod offensive and served along the east shores of Lake Peipus during the spring of 1944. When the summer offensive into the Baltic...
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    finally advanced during the LeningradNovgorod Offensive in January 1944, taking part in the assault that liberated Novgorod. During the spring the division...
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    efforts of troops of the Leningrad Front, Volkhov Front, and the 2nd Baltic Front during January 1944 the LeningradNovgorod Offensive ended the siege of the...
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  • of the winter offensive the division had organized its own ski battalion. The offensive which finally drove Army Group away from Leningrad began with a...
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  • German offensive towards Tikhvin on Oct. 16, which intended to encircle 54th Army on the way to cutting all possible supply routes to Leningrad and linking...
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    Soviet LeningradNovgorod Offensive expelled German forces from the southern outskirts of the city. This was a combined effort by the Leningrad and Volkhov...
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    Novgorod and surroundings have been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Population: 583,387 (2021 Census). Novgorod Oblast borders with Leningrad Oblast...
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    Leningrad strategic defensive operation is the term in Soviet historiography for the defensive operations in the area south of Leningrad by the Red Army...
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  • the LeningradNovgorod offensive, which broke the siege of Leningrad. During the summer of 1944, the army fought in the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk offensive, helping...
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  • to the Volkov River 18 km north of Novgorod on May 18. When the Red Army launched the LeningradNovgorod Offensive the following year on 14 January 1944...
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  • Polotsk–Vitebsk Offensive. In January-February, the front participated in the LeningradNovgorod Offensive of 1944. During the Staraya Russa-Novorzhev Offensive, the...
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    Newel area on 1 January 1944. As part of the Soviet winter offensive (LeningradNovgorod Offensive), Hilpert's troops got into heavy fighting, and Hilpert...
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    looming Soviet reoccupation. The Soviet Estonian offensive was a follow-on of the LeningradNovgorod offensive. Its aim was to reconquer Estonia, which was...
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    LeningradNovgorod Offensive (14 January – 1 March 1944). This, the second chronologically of the offensives, fully relieved the siege of Leningrad,...
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  • during the LeningradNovgorod Offensive. Following this the division was moved to the Karelian Isthmus and entered the summer offensive against Finland...
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    to Leningrad for repairs. After they were completed, Leningrad resumed shelling German positions and continued to do so until the LeningradNovgorod Offensive...
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    The Vyborg–Petrozavodsk offensive or Karelian offensive was a strategic operation by the Soviet Leningrad and Karelian Fronts against Finland on the Karelian...
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    September led the 7th Rifle Corps. After participating in the LeningradNovgorod Offensive, Panin briefly led the 99th Rifle Corps. In July 1944, Panin...
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    sub-article to LeningradNovgorod Offensive and Battle of Narva. The Kingisepp–Gdov offensive was a campaign between the Soviet Leningrad Front and the...
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