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Marie Reisik was born 6 February 1887 in Kilingi-Nõmme to Tõnu and Liisa Tamman. She attended school in Pärnu, yet as women in Estonia could not enter the university at that time, Reisik studied in Paris and became a teacher of French.
World War II began with the invasion of Poland, an important regional ally of Estonia, by Germany. Although some coordination existed between Germany and the USSR early in the war, [ 14 ] the Soviet Union communicated to Nazi Germany its decision to launch its own invasion seventeen days after Germany's invasion, as a result, in part, of the ...
Pages in category "Female resistance members of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 275 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The initial Soviet invasion and occupation of the Baltic states began in June 1940 under the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, made between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany in August 1939 before the outbreak of World War II. [1] [2] The three independent Baltic countries were annexed as constituent Republics of the Soviet Union in August 1940.
Estonian people who died in the Holocaust (2 C, 3 P) N. ... Pages in category "Estonian people of World War II" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 ...
STORY: These women in rural Estonia are learning to fight.They're the newest recruits to a state-run paramilitary defense group.And for many of them, the war in Ukraine is top of mind.KRISTEL ...
Military history of Estonia during World War II (2 C, 28 P) N. Narva in World War II (1 C, 3 P) P. Estonian people of World War II (5 C, 17 P) T. Tallinn in World War ...
The history of Estonia from 1918 to 1940 spanned the interwar period from the end of the Estonian War of Independence until the outbreak of World War II. It covers the years of parliamentary democracy, the Great Depression and the period of corporatist authoritarian rule .