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  2. Estonian War Museum - Wikipedia

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    The museum was established in 1919 as Museum of the Estonian War of Independence. At the time of establishing, the Estonian War of Independence was not over (ended in 1920). [1] 1921–1940, the leader of the museum was Taavet Poska. At this time, the museum was located in Tallinn Old Town at Vene Street 5. In 1940, the museum was closed. [1]

  3. Tallinn offensive - Wikipedia

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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. Its German ...

  4. Estonia in World War II - Wikipedia

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    Neutral countries with military bases established by Soviet Union in October 1939. The territory of until then independent Republic of Estonia was invaded and occupied by the Soviet Red Army on 16–17 June 1940. Mass political arrests, deportations, and executions by the Soviet regime followed. In the Summer War during the German Operation ...

  5. Vabamu Museum of Occupations and Freedom - Wikipedia

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    The Vabamu or Vabamu Museum of Occupations and Freedom ( Estonian: Okupatsioonide ja vabaduse muuseum Vabamu) in Tallinn, Estonia, is located at the corner of Toompea St. and Kaarli Blvd. It was opened on July 1, 2003, and is dedicated to the 1940-1991 period in the history of Estonia, [ 1] when the country was occupied by the Soviet Union ...

  6. Maarjamäe Memorial - Wikipedia

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    Maarjamäe Memorial (Estonian: Maarjamäe memoriaal) is a memorial in Tallinn, Estonia. The memorial is located on Pirita Road between the Lasnamäe Plateau and Tallinn Bay. The memorial is dedicated to those who had fallen when defending the Soviet Union during the World War II. [1] Adjacent to the Maarjamae memorial complex is World War II ...

  7. Bombing of Tallinn in World War II - Wikipedia

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    A burning building on Tallinn's Town Hall Square, night of 9/10 March 1944. During World War II, the Estonian capital Tallinn suffered from many instances of aerial bombing by the Soviet air force and the German Luftwaffe. The first bombings by Luftwaffe occurred during the Summer War of 1941 as part of Operation Barbarossa.

  8. German occupation of Estonia during World War II - Wikipedia

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    t. e. In the course of Operation Barbarossa, Nazi Germany invaded Estonia in July–December 1941, and occupied the country until 1944. Estonia had gained independence in 1918 from the then-warring German and Russian Empires. However, in the wake of the August 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact, the Soviet Union had invaded and occupied Estonia in June 1940 ...

  9. Bronze Soldier of Tallinn - Wikipedia

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    The Bronze Soldier monument, with the stone structure reconstructed, at its new permanent location, June 2007. The Bronze Soldier (Estonian: Pronkssõdur, Russian: Бронзовый солдат, Bronzovyj soldat) is the informal name of a controversial [1] [2] Soviet World War II war memorial in Tallinn, Estonia, built at the site of several war graves, which were relocated to the nearby ...

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