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From which port? to which port? with what ships? The Germans owned the bank of the river between the lake and Leningrad until the river turned North West. There
by rtkwe 2y ago
From which port? to which port? with what ships? The Germans owned the bank of the river between the lake and Leningrad until the river turned North West. There doesn't appear to be much of a port on the parts of the lake still controlled by the Soviets during the siege either.
- rtkwe 2y agoAlso they did provide supplies over the lake but there were limited boats and the lake was shared with the Finns who had their own tiny little navy operating in the lake (tonnage was limited by treaty and the Finns could only bring in new boats that were small enough to be transported over land). During the winter the lake froze and supplies came in over the frozen lake but there were ~3 million people in Leningrad when the siege was established and feeding that many people over improvised routes is... difficult to say the least even if the only thing being transported was food and didn't include the large amount of military supplies needed to continue to repel the besiegers.