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The Estonian War of Independence, [c] also known as the Estonian Liberation War, was a defensive campaign of the Estonian Army and its allies, most notably the United Kingdom, against the Soviet Russian westward offensive of 1918–1919 and the 1919 aggression of the pro–German Baltische Landeswehr.
The Baltic Landwehr or Baltische Landeswehr ("Baltic Territorial Army") was the name of the unified armed forces of Couronian and Livonian nobility from 7 December 1918 to 3 July 1919. [ 1 ] Command structure
Associated people and organisations Royal Navy, HMS CASSANDRA, Royal Navy; Associated places Liepāja, Kurzeme, Latvia; Associated events North Russia Intervention 1918-1920, Russia 1918-1920, First World War, Russian Civil War 1917-1921, Latvian War of Independence 1918-1920, Russian Civil War 1917-1921
Year 1920 and its climax Battle of Warsaw during the Polish Soviet war 1919-1920. Neiberg, M.S.; Jordan, D. (2008). The Eastern Front 1914-1920. ISBN 978-1-906626-00-6. Thomas, Nigel; Boltowsky, Toomas (2019). Armies of the Baltic Independence Wars 1918–20. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781472830791
The Latvian War of Independence (Latvian: Latvijas Neatkarības karš), sometimes called Latvia's freedom battles (Latvijas brīvības cīņas) or the Latvian War of Liberation (Latvijas atbrīvošanas karš), was a series of military conflicts in Latvia between 5 December 1918, after the newly proclaimed Republic of Latvia was invaded by Soviet Russia, and the signing of the Latvian-Soviet ...
North Russia Intervention 1918-1920, Russia 1918-1920, First World War, Russian Civil War 1917-1921, Latvian War of Independence 1918-1920, Russian Civil War 1917-1921 Associated themes Royal Navy 1919-1939
France United Kingdom Ober Ost Finnish, Danish, and Swedish volunteers [4] Russian SFSR Latvian SSR Soviet Estonia Lithuanian-Byelorussian SSR Provisional Polish Revolutionary Committee Ukrainian SSR Finnish Red Guards [5] Soviet defeat in the Baltic states. Start of the Polish-Soviet War; 1918–1920 Latvian War of Independence: Republic of Latvia
Associated people and organisations Royal Navy; Associated places Tallinn, Estonia; Associated events North Russia Intervention 1918-1920, Russia 1918-1920, First World War, Russian Civil War 1917-1921, Estonian War of Independence 1918-1920, Russian Civil War 1917-1921