Leningrad strategic defensive

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Leningrad strategic defensive
Part of the Eastern Front of World War II
Date 10 July – 30 September 1941 Location Pskov Oblast, Novgorod Oblast, Estonia, Leningrad Oblast, the Baltic Sea Result German victory Beginning of the Siege of Leningrad
Belligerents
Germany	Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Wilhelm von Leeb G. Küchler Ernst Busch Erich Hoepner G. Reinhardt E. von Manstein	Petr Sobennikov Pavel Kurochkin Markian Popov Kliment Voroshilov Georgy Zhukov Vladimir Tributs
Units involved
Army Group North 4th Panzer Group 16th Army 18th Army	Northwestern Front Leningrad Front (from 27/8) Baltic Fleet
Strength
517,000	725,000
Casualties 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

Tallinn defensive 5– 28 August 1941

Staraya–Russa offensive 8–23 August 1941

Demyansk defensive 6–26 September 1941