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19 Mar 1942

Russia
  • German Armeegruppe Nord cut off General Vlasov's Soviet 2nd Shock Army in a salient on the Volkhov River near Novgorod 50 miles southeast of Leningrad, Russia. ww2dbase [Siege of Leningrad | Novgorod | TH, CPC]
19 Jan 1944

Russia
  • German troops managed to avoid being encircled at Novgorod, Russia. ww2dbase [Novgorod | TH]

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