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The 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian) was a foreign infantry division of the Waffen-SS that served alongside the Wehrmacht during World War II.According to some sources, the division was under Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler's overall command but was not an integral part of the Schutzstaffel (SS).
In June 1940, while the Estonian army was integrated into the Soviet military structure, where in June 1940 there were 16,800 men, it was changed into the "22nd Territorial Rifle Corps". 5,500 Estonian soldiers served in the corps during the first battle. 4,500 of them went over to the German side. In September 1941, when the corps was ...
Estnische SS-Freiwilligen-Brigade) was a formation of the German Waffen-SS during World War II. It was formed in May 1943, when the Estonian SS Legion ( Estnische SS-Legion ) was upgraded. The first name chosen for the brigade was the Estonian SS Volunteer Brigade , until October 1943, when all SS brigades were numbered so it finally became the ...
Estonian partisans, also called the Forest Brothers (Estonian: Metsavennad) were partisans who engaged in guerrilla warfare against Soviet forces in Estonia from 1940 to 1941 and 1944 to 1978. When the USSR occupied and annexed Estonia in 1940, former civilians, soldiers, and real and perceived opponents to the Kremlin were threatened with ...
Estonia's geographical position was well-suited for military purposes - two large lakes were useful natural obstacles. Conscripts served for was 18 months in the infantry, 24 months in other parts of the army, and 36 months in the Navy. Estonian military also had 105,000 in reserve force which would have been mobilized if a war would have started.
ESTDCU (ESTonian Digital Camo Uniform) [1] is the Estonian version of the digital camouflage uniform. The camouflage pattern was developed by Andres Lüll on contract with the Logistics Center of the Estonian Defence Forces .
An 8th Rifle Corps (but not made up of Estonian personnel) had been previously formed, taking part in the Soviet invasion of Poland as part of the 5th Army, [2] and, on the outbreak of war on 22 June 1941, this first formation was part of the 26th Army in the Kiev Special Military District, consisting of the 99th, the 173rd, and the 72nd ...
The platoon commander was Colonel Henn-Ants Kurg [2] of the Estonian Army, who had been the last Estonian military attaché to France. The Germans gave the group the name "Erna". [2] Two German liaison officers, Oberleutnant Reinhardt and Sonderführer Schwarze, also joined the group. [2] Erna was armed by and wore the uniform of the Finnish ...