War events in Estonia in 1944. In 1941-1944 Estonia was under German occupation. In February 1944, the advancing Red Army, which had broken the Siege of Leningrad, reached the Narva River. Despite the pessimism of the German command, Hitler considered the defence of Estonia important in order to support the ally state of Finland.

The Red Army invasion of Estonia in 1944. Warfare reached the Estonian territory again in February 1944, when the Red Army broke the Leningrad blockade and quickly moved westwards. Despite the pessimism of the German army command’s land forces, Adolf Hitler considered it important to hold Estonia. Abandoning Estonia would have meant a threat ...

German occupation in Estonia 1941-1944. Hjalmar Mäe giving a speech. Germany had no intention of restoring the independence of the countries occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940. The Baltic countries and Belarus were now subjected to civilian occupation power. Four general commissariats were united into one state commissariat, Ostland, which ...