Estonian Liberation War

The Estonian War of Independence (Estonian: Vabadussõda, literally "Freedom War"), was a defensive campaign of the Estonian Army and its allies against the Soviet Western Front offensive and the offensives of the Baltic nobility-established armies in 1918–1920 in connection with the Russian Civil War. The campaign was the struggle of the Republic of Estonia for sovereignty in the aftermath of World War I. It resulted in a victory for Estonia and ... more

The Estonian War of Independence (Estonian: Vabadussõda, literally "Freedom War"), was a defensive campaign of the Estonian Army and its allies against the Soviet Western Front offensive and the offensives of the Baltic nobility-established armies in 1918–1920 in connection with the Russian Civil War. The campaign was the struggle of the Republic of Estonia for sovereignty in the aftermath of World War I. It resulted in a victory for Estonia and was concluded in the Treaty of Tartu. In November 1917, upon the disintegration of the Russian Empire, a diet of the Autonomous Governorate of Estonia, the Estonian National Council (Maapäev), which had been elected in the spring of that year, proclaimed itself the highest authority in Estonia. Soon thereafter, the Bolsheviks dissolved the Maapäev and temporarily forced the pro-independence Estonians underground in the capital Tallinn. A few months later, using a moment between the Red Army's retreat and the arrival of the Imperial German Army... less