What the records say
- When
- 3 Jul 1941 – 21 Oct 1941
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 59.00° N, 26.00° E
- Description
- 1941 battle of World War II during the Operation Barbarossa
- War
- World War II
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Summer War
1941 battle of World War II during the Operation Barbarossa
The Summer War was the occupation of Estonia during the Second World War. It was fought between the Forest Brothers (Metsavennad), the Omakaitse, and the German 18th Army against the forces of the Soviet 8th Army and the NKVD.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “«Летняя война», борьба отрядов «лесных братьев» и «Самообороны» в Эстонской ССР против советских войск, государственных и партийных органов”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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