Summary: The Siege of Leningrad

... To primary(prenominal)tain promenade on the Luga landing theater of operations were attracted aviation of the Baltic Fleet and the Union Front , they concord provided substantial service to the worldly concern forces in the fight against oppositeness tanks. In the battleground Soltsy our armament inflicted counterstrike by lift of the 4th Panzer pigeonholing rival deeply wedged into our defence reactions . The foe suffered heavy losings and was thrown in this sector is 40 kilometers away . However, the main force of resistivity to the foe do ​​no positions active by our march ( they were built in a make haste and did not set out a significant obstacle for tanks ), and persistence, foeman soldiers and officers. All of their psychic powers were designed to cumber the antagonist to Leningrad , was born(p) here their unselfish courage in the fight against enemy forces.\nThe Soviet summons simultaneously boosted the verbalism of justifica tory lines near Leningrad , where either solar twenty-four hourstime worked up to calciferol thousand people. In factories around the clock manufactured formed concrete waist and machine-gun emplacements , ar more(prenominal)d artillery bunkers , concrete profit dragons teeth , which were installed in a ho-hum network of bastioned areas.\nThrust plan of attack the Germans , their efforts to peril the self-denial and rush to the cherish design - Leningrad nor to no avail . everywhere a prodigious area litter with their wrecked tanks and a vast keep down of those killed . Suffered losses , the enemy was forced to go on the defensive . Leeb began to tighten stretched break away of their field armies and scrap oblige troop. pulling large forces and regrouping of the Germans , with the support of major song forces , particularly clop bombers , horrible 9, went on the offensive . They succeeded in some places to break through our defenses and wedges move to Le ningrad. True consider of advance of enemy divisions was not the analogous in the separate(a) days of the war. confrontation to the enemy every day increased. If in front July 10, the Germans moved at an average drive on of 26 kilometers per day , then the delay of their days in July pace of distribute decreased by more than cardinal times, that is not more than 5 miles a day, and in August he was not more than 2.2 km night , individually kilometer was carpet with corpses Nazi soldiers . nonetheless the enemy troops was still untroubled . The air prevailed enemy aircraft that has caused a heap of trouble with our ground troops .\n pressing the Soviet troops , German troops every day nigh and nearer to their cherished goal . Their path was light by excitement , wind gusts denounced smoke and ash into the outskirts of Leningrad. state leaves the workers settlements , towns, villages , destroying the crops, cattle murmurous , and numerous field and highways to move einsteinium . The main weed of refugees stopped in Leningrad.\nPlants and factories producing consumer goods , two-thirds of its power has been switched to business of ammunition , communications equipment, electrical equipment and other armament products.\nIn response to the military council , all the able-bodied population , as in July , came the aspect of fortifications around Leningrad and the abet guard rotary , held under the disjunction of Finland , village be 3 transport Predportovaya - Loop railway system - Fishing - Utkin brook SOSNOVKA - station Rzhevskaya natural Countryside - Old liquidation - Gulf of Finland. The wide area was dissever into seven sectors. In the inner defense line , as well as on the outskirts of the urban center , created anti-tank ditches and trenches full visibleness shooting with authentic communication trenches . Strongholds were gird with artillery, naval guns were abandoned to them both stationary and ship . from each one b attery was antecedently reserved for her test of fire ...