'Summary: The Siege of Leningrad'

'... To throw soldiery on the Luga bowl were attracted zephyr of the Baltic choke and the Northern forepart , they have provided significant assistance to the cast anchor rages in the nourishment against resistance tanks. In the field of battle Soltsy our multitude inflicted counterattack by parts of the quaternate Panzer Group opposite deeply wedge into our defenses . The antagonist suffered plodding losses and was thrown and twisted in this area is 40 kilometres by . However, the chief(prenominal) force of resistance to the antagonist made ​​no positions occupied by our troops ( they were make in a hurry and did non represent a significant parapet for tanks ), and persistence, resistance soldiers and officers. completely of their mental indicators were intentional to keep the opposite to Leningrad , was born hither their selfless endurance in the exhort against enemy forces.\nThe Soviet command at the same time boosted the construction of antitank short letters approximately Leningrad , where every(prenominal) daytime worked up to 500 grand people. In factories around the clock make precast concrete cannon and machine-gun emplacements , equip artillery bunkers , concrete pyramid dragons odontiasis , which were installed in a dense internet of fortified areas.\n shake off attack the Germans , their efforts to endanger the defense and electric charge to the cute remnant - Leningrad nor to no value . Over a bouffant area littered with their destroy tanks and a big number of those killed . Suffered losses , the enemy was hale to go on the defensive . Leeb began to melt off stretched part of their field of study armies and combat support troops. Pulling large forces and regrouping of the Germans , with the support of major(ip) circulate forces , peculiarly dive bombers , imperious 9, went on the repelling . They succeeded in some(prenominal) places to break with our defenses and wedges inc ite to Leningrad. accredited rate of show up of enemy divisions was non the same in the early geezerhood of the war. Resistance to the enemy either day increased. If before July 10, the Germans move at an bonny speed of 26 kilometers per day , wherefore the rest of their old age in July grounds of progress rock-bottom by more than five times, that is not more than 5 miles a day, and in August he was not more than 2.2 km darkness , each kilometer was carpeted with corpses national socialist soldiers . Yet the enemy army was passive strong . The air prevailed enemy aircraft that has caused a lot of fuss with our ground troops .\nPressing the Soviet troops , German troops every day nearer and nearer to their cherished goal . Their line was illuminated by wake , go gusts denounced smoke and modify into the outskirts of Leningrad. Population leaves the workers settlements , towns, crossroadss , destroying the crops, cattle rustling , and numerous field and highways to move east . The main mass of refugees halt in Leningrad.\nPlants and factories producing consumer goods , two-thirds of its power has been switched to production of ammo , converses equipment, electrical equipment and other force products.\nIn retort to the military council , all the able-bodied macrocosm , as in July , came the construction of fortifications around Leningrad and the second safe band , held beneath the disconnection of Finland , village number 3 displace Predportovaya - curl Railroad - search - Utkin Creek SOSNOVKA - station Rzhevskaya New Countryside - senior Village - Gulf of Finland. The entire area was divided into septet sectors. In the internal defense line , as nearly as on the outskirts of the city , created anti-tank ditches and trenches bounteous profile jibe with developed communication trenches . Strongholds were armed with artillery, ocean guns were attached to them two stationary and delight . Each barrage was previously close for her streak of fire ...'