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After the war, Estonia remained incorporated into the Soviet Union as the Estonian SSR until 1991, although the Atlantic Charter stated that no territorial arrangements would be made. World War II losses in Estonia, estimated at around 25% of the population, were among the highest proportion in Europe. War and occupation deaths listed in the ...
World War II: Soviet Army planes attack Narva in Estonia, destroying almost the entire old town. 9 March: World War II: Soviet Army planes attack Tallinn, Estonia. 26 July: Battle of Narva: The Soviets capture Narva. 29 July: Battle of Tannenberg Line: The Estonian and German counterattack stops Soviet advance towards Tallinn. 26 August
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 .
A secret protocol of the pact places Estonia, Latvia, and Finland in Soviet sphere of interest, Lithuania in Germany's sphere of influence. Poland was effectively divided between Stalin and Hitler. 1 September 1939, Nazi Germany invades Poland. This event signifies the start of World War II in Europe.
Estonians fought on both the German and the Soviet side in the war, in all major battles involving Estonia. Other sub-conflicts of World War II with Estonian volunteers: 1939–1940, the Winter War on the Finnish side and against the Soviet Union. 1941–1944, the Continuation War on the Finnish side and against the Soviet Union.
7 June – German–Estonian Non-Aggression Pact is signed. [1]23 August – Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact was signed, promising mutual non-aggression between Germany and the Soviet Union and agreeing to a division of much of Europe between those two countries.
World War II aftermaths: 282,000 dead people (about 1/4 of population of Estonia). [1] Arrests, nationalization of industry. [1] Guerilla warfare was intensified. About 15,000 men in underground and in the forests (Forest Brothers). [1]
6 March – World War II: Soviet Army planes attack Narva in Estonia, destroying almost the entire old town. 9 March – World War II: Soviet Army planes attack Tallinn, Estonia. 26 July – Battle of Narva: The Soviets captured Narva. 29 July – Battle of Tannenberg Line: The Estonian and German counterattack stopped Soviet advance towards ...