Title

Siege of Leningrad, January 1943. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Siege of Leningrad, January 1943. Leningrad was encircled and besieged by the Germans from September 8 1941. In January 1943, the city's defenders and troops of the Volkhov Front launched a combined offensive known as Operation Spark. After fierce fighting the two Russian armies were able to link up and establish a land bridge via which Leningrad's starving inhabitants could be supplied. The siege would not be completely broken for another year however.

Date

1943

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B96_102

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (1,5Mb) / 18,4in x 10,6in / 5510 x 3173 (300dpi)

Keywords

season winter Union of Soviet Socialist Republics people male man men flag flags country guy clothes weapon weapons gun guns attack attacking fighting dress military war mittens front location century banner Russia Russian coat soldiers soldier concept battle machine gun B&W 1940s MONOCHROME standard Army advancing warfare saint petersburg Forties wintry USSR Soviet Union World War II World War two WWII infantry battlefield black & white black and white B W weaponry Leningrad world war 2 Soviet 20th century military operation Petrograd Red Army siege Art Media decade eastern front Russian Front Second World War TGN WW2 Operation Spark Siege of Leningrad photograph 2nd World War Unknown photograph