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Siege of Leningrad remembered twenty years on
The 1943 to 1944 relief efforts marked by a split fall of the siege as Soviet and Allied actions broke the German blockade. The city’s population endured extreme starvation and cold while a perilous ice road across Lake Ladoga ferried scant aid and evacuations. By January 27 1944 relief troops entered Leningrad amid jubilation.
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