leningrad was one of the main goals of the barbas operation; the german group of army north with a total about 700 thousand people was supposed to capture the city. these were mainly fronts from western europe. the commander of the group of infantry divisions transferred to the eastern army north, general field marshal wilhelm von leep was considered an exemplary german military leader. old school officer, he looked down on nazi upstarts and was not shy about questioning some of hitler's military decisions. teffon, a man who received a knighthood back in the first world war, was awarded the order of maximilian, a highly professional military man, a bavarian who was expelled from the army in 1938, when hitler cleansed the army of not entirely nazi-minded generals, he expelled leeb to zaschey, naturally, when the war began, he brought leeb in when he received orders to stop the offensive and to impose on leningrad, he first went on the offensive, he made the last attempt, leningrad, there is nothing there near leningrad, that is, everything must be led from somewhere, so he declared in his