nazi leda adolphine notice troops to capture the soviet union's european territories by november nine hundred forty one leningrad was a priority objective in that plan a. million strong german army hundreds of tanks and thousands of backoff were massed against the city. at the same time finnish troops advanced from the notice the nazi advance was halted in september nineteenth. by then enemy troops had already encircled. a massive bombing campaign was unleashed on leningrad in the autumn of nine hundred forty one. the diet house is one of the first time. the gates of the german asteroids. they housed most of the city's food supplies. all of the warehouses were destroyed. and all their modern facilities here. have smoke because she looked out of the window of her flat. and. at first trees caught fire. and then the flames spread to the wooden buildings. the fact that fire wiped out government supply of sugar reserves. and there's us the most distressing thing with all the city's population idea still a tell girl who would come here along with many other piece together earth and make tea