Estonia in World War II

8th Estonian Rifle additional forces advance armoured units armoured vehicles army group Nord besieged Border Defence Regiment complicated situation concentrated conquered defence line deportation Emajõgi River Esto Estonian Border Defence Estonian citizens Estonian Division Estonian government Estonian Republic Estonian Rifle Corps Estonian Rifle Squad Estonian soldiers Estonian units fierce battles fight fighters Finland Finnish Boys Forest Brothers frontline German army command German defence German side German troops German units Harald Riipalu J.Stalini July June Jüri Uluots Kärevere Lake Peipsi Latvia Mart Laar military mobilization of 1944 Narva front Narva River National Committee national resistance movement Nazi nian Northern Estonia number of Estonians offensive Otto Tief Paldiski Pärnu Pikk Hermann Red Army command Red Army units repelled Republic of Estonia retreat returned to Estonia Russia Russian tanks Self-Defence sent September Sinimäed Soviet army Soviet occupation Soviet Union started Stuka suffered heavy losses Tallinn Tannenberg line Tartu Toompea Virtsu western withdraw Zhdanov