Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An ba da Leningrad Front nan da nan aikin da za a ci gaba da turawa Jamus zuwa Leningrad da kuma kare birnin daga Army Group North. A watan Satumbar 1941, sojojin Jamus da ke kudu sun tsaya a gefen Leningrad, suna fara kewaye da Leningrad na tsawon shekaru biyu da rabi. Kodayake sojojin Finnish a arewa sun tsaya a tsohuwar iyakar Finnish-Soviet, gaban Leningrad ya sha wahala sosai a kan
Ƙungiyar Finnish. Daga ranar 8 ga Satumba, an tilasta wa sojojin gaba yin aiki a cikin yanayin toshewa, tare da karancin kayayyaki. Wasu kayayyaki sun isa birnin duk da haka ta hanyar tafkin Road of Life.