The Siege of Leningrad by German troops started on September 8, 1941 and continued for 872 days until January 27, 1944. The blockade was finally broken on January 18 1943, when Soviet forces managed to open a narrow corridor into the city, with the city completely liberated by January 27, 1944. More than one million Leningrad residents died during the blockade, mostly of starvation and extremely cold temperatures.
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