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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.
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.
The proposal to mark 22 September as a national holiday was launched in 2005 by the Pro Patria Union and the Res Publica Party [3] The holiday was renamed from Day of the Resistance to Resistance Fighting Day by order of the Riigikogu on 15 February 2007. [4] [5] The day was first officially celebrated
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.
Kirovograd offensive 5–16 January 1944 Korsun–Shevchenkovsky offensive 24 January – 17 February 1944 German Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket Rovno–Lutsk offensive 1 Stage 27 January – 11 February 1944 Nikopol–Krivoi Rog offensive 2 Stage 30 January – 29 February 1944 Proskurov–Chernovtsy offensive 4 March – 17 April 1944
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Printable version; In other projects ... This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. ... Bombing of Tallinn in World War II; Tallinn offensive;
Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive - 13th Air Army, 1,600 aircraft strong, made an attack on the German positions on 9 June 1944, a day before the main assault. [5] Glantz also states that 13th Air Army provided pre-offensive fighter cover to discourage enemy aerial reconnaissance which might have uncovered the offensive's maskirovka measures. [ 6 ]