Estonia
Tallinn
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- …1939Estonia
- 1940-08-06Soviet republic (1940 pattern)Estonian SSREstoniadiplomatic missions in exile
- simplified version (without arms)
Course of events
- 23 August 1939
Neutral / non-belligerent
Neutral; forced to accept Soviet bases (Sept 1939).
- 17 June 1940
Soviet occupation / annexation
Occupied and annexed by the USSR (1940).
- 28 August 1941
Occupied by the Axis
German occupation (Tallinn taken 28 Aug 1941).
- 22 September 1944
Soviet occupation / annexation
Red Army retook Tallinn on 22 Sept 1944; reincorporated into the USSR.
Events involving this country
- 15 Jun 1940Soviet occupation and annexation of the Baltic states
- 2 Feb 1944Battle of Narva (1944)
Data completeness: borders c. 1938, status at country level; occupation zones, annexations and front lines as approximate snapshots. Units and offensives: selected, incomplete sets; archive: only items with a confirmed licence, still being added.