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The Tallinn offensive (Russian: Таллинская наступательная операция) was a strategic offensive by the Red Army's 2nd Shock and 8th armies and the Baltic Fleet against the German Army Detachment Narwa and Estonian units in mainland Estonia on the Eastern Front of World War II on 17–26 September 1944.
Tallinn offensive 17–26 September 1944 Moonsund landing 5–22 October 1944 Memel offensive 27 September – 24 November 1944. Courland Pocket 9 October 1944 – 8 May 1945; Belgrade offensive 14 September – 24 November 1944 Niš operation 8–14 October 1944; Battle of Batina 11–29 November 1944; Debrecen offensive 6–28 October 1944
It was known in the former Estonian SSR, as well as today by the Russian Federation and pro-Russian forces in Estonia as the Day of the Liberation of Tallinn from Nazi Invaders (Russian: День освобождения Таллина от немецко-фашистских захватчиков), celebrating the Soviet Tallinn Offensive by ...
On 17 September 1944, the Red Army launched the Tallinn offensive and Litzmann departed for Hungary. The city was abandoned by the German forces on 22 September and fell to the Soviets, who captured the rest of mainland Estonia by 26 September and Generalbezirk Estland effectively ceased to exist. Administration of those parts of Estonia still ...
Battle of Porkuni (Estonian: Porkuni lahing) was the largest engagement between Estonians serving in the Red Army and Estonian pro-independence and Waffen-SS units. It took place on 21 September 1944 [2] between Lake Porkuni and the Sauvälja village about seven kilometres northeast of the town of Tamsalu [3] during the Leningrad Front's Tallinn Offensive Operation (17 September 1944 – 26 ...
She was killed inside her home on April 28, 1995, according to the Palm Beach Post, part of the USA TODAY network. He is currently serving time for an unrelated case and has an anticipated release ...
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.
A prominent opposition figure facing military trial in Uganda will be charged before a civilian court instead, an official said Monday, as authorities faced mounting pressure to free him. Kizza ...