Luga Defensive Line

Luga defensive line
	Part of the Leningrad strategic defensive; the Battle of Leningrad; the Great Patriotic War; World War II
	; Pillbox on Langina Hill, at the site of the Luga line; 58°42′54″N 29°50′34″E / 58.71500°N 29.84278°E
Date	10 July – 24 August 1941
Location	Luga, Shimsk, Kingisepp, Leningrad Oblast, Soviet Union
Result	Advance of Army Group North delayed by one month (in the Luga area for 45 days), line broken by German forces in the Shimsk and Kingisepp areas, Soviet forces encircled, abandoned the line and retreated
Belligerents
Nazi Germany Nazi Germany	Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Nazi Germany Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb; Nazi Germany Georg von Küchler; Nazi Germany Erich Hoepner; Nazi Germany Ernst Busch; Nazi Germany Erich von Manstein	Soviet Union K. Ye. Voroshilov; Soviet Union M. M. Popov; Soviet Union K. P. Pyadyshev; Soviet Union A. N. Astanin; Soviet Union F. N. Starikov; Soviet Union S. D. Akimov; Soviet Union V. V. Semashko
Strength
Army Group North	Luga Operational Group:; more than 100,000 men
Casualties and losses
	55,535 men

The Luga Defensive Line (Luga fortified position; Russian: Лужский оборонительный рубеж) was a system of Soviet fortifications (defensive line) of approximately 300 kilometres long, built in June–August 1941 on the territory of Leningrad region, from the Narva Gulf, along the rivers Luga, Mshaga, Shelon to Lake Ilmen with the aim of preventing a breakthrough by troops of the German Army Group North to the north-east in the direction of Leningrad.