What the records say
- When
- 17 Sep 1944 – 26 Sep 1944
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 59.43° N, 24.73° E
- Description
- 1944 military offensive
Tallinn offensive
Strategic offensive during WWII
The Tallinn offensive was a strategic offensive by the Red Army's 2nd Shock Army and 8th Army and the Baltic Fleet against the German Army Detachment Narwa and Estonian units in mainland Estonia on the Eastern Front of World War II on 17–26 September 1944. Its German counterpart was the abandonment of the Estonian territory in a retreat codenamed Operation Aster.
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