Estonian War of Independence
1918 CE – 1920 CE · 2 years
Tiny Estonia, with just 1 million people, defeated Soviet forces and won independence at the Treaty of Tartu. With British naval support and Finnish volunteers, Estonia fought off both the Red Army and Baltic German forces in a remarkable national struggle.
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Belligerents
The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.
- Estonia (backed by Finland, UK)
- Soviet Russia, Baltic German Landeswehr
Key moments
Defining events in the Estonian War of Independence.
- 1919 Battle of Paju
- 1919, with Latvia Battle of Cēsis
- 1919 Estonian counter-offensive
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Schaumburg-Lippe
1643 CE – 1918 CEDated moments inside this span
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Image credits9 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Estonian War of IndependenceVabadussõda.jpg : Mmh ( talk ) derivative work: Reimgild ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Plitvice Lakes National ParkZysko serhii · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flag of Syria (2025-)Modification by AnonMoos of PD image File:Flag of Syria (1930–1958, 1961–1963).svg (previ… · Public domain
- World War ICollection DocAnciens/docpix.fr · Public domain
- Giant's Causewaycode poet on flickr. · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Flag of UkraineGovernment of Ukraine · Public domain
- Polish–Ukrainian WarДмитро Вортман, Максим Майоров, Леонід Криницький · CC BY 4.0
- Danube DeltaEuropean Space Agency · Attribution
- Flagge Fürstentum Schaumburg-LippeDavid Liuzzo Public domain false This image of simple geometry is ine… · Public domain
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