The Marines on the Fight at the Leningrad Front in January 1941

The Siege of Leningrad, also known as The Leningrad Blockade was an unsuccessful military operation by the Axis powers to capture Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) during World War II; The siege lasted from September 9, 1941, to January 18, 1943, when a narrow land corridor to the city was established by the Soviets.