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The Soviet Tallinn offensive was designed as a part of the Baltic offensive to eliminate the positions of Army Group North along the Baltic. [ 2 ] Stavka began an intricate supply and transport operation, to move the 2nd Shock Army from the Narva front to the Emajõgi river on September 5, 1944.
Belgorod–Bogodukhov offensive 3–23 August 1943 Belgorod–Kharkov offensive 3–23 August 1943 Zmiev offensive 12–23 August 1943 Mirgorod direction offensive 3–25 August 1943. Smolensk strategic offensive (Operation Suvorov) 7 August – 2 October 1943; Spas–Demensk offensive : 7–20 August 1943
The medieval Old Town and Town Hall of German-occupied Tallinn, Estonia in ruins after Soviet aerial bombing attacks (1944).. The Baltic offensive, also known as the Baltic strategic offensive, [6] was the military campaign between the northern Fronts of the Red Army and the German Army Group North in the Baltic States during the autumn of 1944.
Battle of Tallinn may refer to: Battle at the Iron Gate, a possible 1032 Novgorod failed naval attack near the Estonian stronghold. Battle of Lindanise, a 1219 Danish conquest of the Estonian stronghold in the Livonian Crusade. Siege of Tallinn, a 1221 failed Estonian siege of the Danish stronghold in the Livonian Crusade.
Narva was liberated on July 26, 1944, during the Narva Offensive. The offensive was carried out from the bridgehead, which later received the name "Fedyuninsky bridgehead". At the end of the Tallinn offensive, his unit took part in battles with Army Group North locked in the Courland Pocket and in the East Prussian Operation.
This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. ... Narva offensive (1–4 March 1944) ... Siege of Tallinn; Tallinn offensive; Battle of Tannenberg ...
[5] [7] On 3 August, the Soviets made a stronger attempt with the preparatory artillery fire of 25,000–30,000 shells reaching the level of the attack of 29 July. The fire caused heavy casualties, while a part of the defenders left their positions. Eleven Soviet rifle divisions and four tank regiments tried to spread their attack along the front.
In 1221 they tried to conquer the Danish stronghold in Tallinn with the help of Revalians, Harrians, and Vironians. They besieged the stronghold for 14 days and all Danish outbreaks were repulsed. One day, four cogs appeared unexpectedly, which the Oeselians thought to have been carrying the Royal Army of the Danish king. The siege was ended ...