Estonian War of Independence
The Estonian War of Independence, 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 campaign was the struggle of the newly established democratic nation of Estonia for independence in the aftermath of World War I. It resulted in a victory for Estonia and was concluded in the 1920 Treaty of Tartu.
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| Belligerents | ||||||||||
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RSFSR Commune of Estonia Red Latvian Riflemen |
Baltische Landeswehr Freikorps | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | ||||||||||
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Johan Laidoner Ernst Põdder Aleksander Tõnisson Andres Larka Karl Parts Jaan Soots Johan Pitka Viktor Puskar Arthur Lossmann Edwyn Alexander-Sinclair Walter Cowan Nikolai Yudenich Hans Kalm Martin Ekström Martin Wetzer Carl Axel Mothander Richard Gustav Borgelin |
Dmitry Nadyozhny Jaan Anvelt Viktor Kingissepp Leonhard Ritt Jakob Palvadre Jukums Vācietis |
Alfred Fletcher (1919) Rüdiger von der Goltz | ||||||||
| Strength | ||||||||||
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7 January 1919: 4,450–16,500 Including
May 1919: 86,000 Including
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7 January 1919: 5,750–7,250 26 assault guns 3 armoured cars 1 armoured train 141 machine guns May 1919: 80,000 | June 1919: 20,000 | ||||||||
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3,588 killed 15,000 injured |
unknown 10,000 captured |
400 killed 1,500 wounded | ||||||||
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