Leningrad strategic defensive

BelligerentsGermanySoviet UnionCommanders and leadersWilhelm von Leeb
G. Küchler
Ernst Busch
Erich Hoepner
G. Reinhardt
E. von MansteinPetr Sobennikov
Pavel Kurochkin
Markian Popov
Kliment Voroshilov
Georgy Zhukov
Vladimir TributsUnits involved

Army Group North

• 4th Panzer Group
• 16th Army
• 18th Army

Northwestern Front
Leningrad Front (from 27/8)
Baltic FleetStrength 517,000 725,000Casualties and losses 60,000 214,000 were killed or captured
1,492 tanks destroyed
9,889 artillery pieces lost
1,702 aircraft destroyed
733,300 small arms lost

Total:
345,000 casualties

Leningrad strategic defensive operation is the term in Soviet historiography for the defensive operations in the area south of Leningrad by the Red Army and the Soviet Navy during World War II from 10 July to 30 September 1941. The following operations are considered as part of the strategic operation:

Kingisepp–Luga defensive 10 July – 23 September 1941

Soltsy–Dno offensive 14–22 July 1941

5– 28 August 1941

Staraya–Russa offensive 8–23 August 1941

Demyansk defensive 6–26 September 1941