On 8 September 1941, the Siege of Leningrad commenced as German, Finnish, and eventually Spanish troops launched a brutal offensive against the Soviet city during World War II.
Encircling Leningrad, they aimed to starve the population into submission, leading to one of the most harrowing chapters of the war.
Over 28 months, the Soviets fiercely resisted, enduring severe hunger, freezing conditions, and relentless bombardment.
Despite overwhelming odds, the city never fell, but at the devastating cost of more than a million lives, marking it as one of the longest and deadliest sieges in human history.
