Operation Iskra

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Leningrad and Baltics 1941 - 1944

Toropets-Kholm – Demyansk Pocket – Spark – Polar Star – Krasny Bor – Lenino– Leningrad Approaches – Narva – Vilnius – Baltic

Operation Iskra (Russian: Операция Искра, operatsia iskra; English translation - Operation Spark) was a military operation by the Red Army's Leningrad and Vokhov Fronts, and the Baltic Fleet during January 12 —January 30, 1943 which intended to create a land connection to Leningrad, thereby lifting the Siege of Leningrad conducted by the German Wehrmacht.

The full-scale offensive of troops of the Leningrad and Volkhov Fronts started in the morning of January 12, 1943. After heavy and fierce battles, the Red Army units overcame the powerful German fortified zones to the South of the Ladoga Lake, and on January 18, 1943 the Leningrad and Volkhov Fronts' units met, opening a land corridor to the besieged city. Almost immediately, both truck and rail traffic began to bring supplies to Leningrad.

The city of Leningrad was still subject to at least a partial siege, as well as air and artillery bombardment, until the Leningrad-Novgorod strategic offensive operation broke through the German lines, completely lifting the siege in March 1944.

[edit] Further Reading

Feduninsky, I.I., Roused by alarm, 2nd ed., Moscow, Military publishing of Ministry of Defence USSR, 1964 (Федюнинский И. И. Поднятые по тревоге. 2-е изд. М.: Военное изд-во МО СССР, 1964.)