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Occupation of the Baltic states

  • German occupation of Estonia during World War IINazi Germany invaded Estonia between July and December 1941, marking the start of a three-year occupation. Most Estonians initially greeted German troops as…
  • Estonian government-in-exileThe Soviet Armed Forces invaded and occupied Estonia on 16, the 17th of June 1940. Soviet authorities arrested President Konstantin Päts and deported him to…
  • Molotov–Ribbentrop PactThe outcome of World War I was disastrous for both the German and Russian empires. The Russian Civil War broke out in late 1917 after the Bolshevik…
  • Soviet occupation of the Baltic states (1940)On the 18th of September 1939, a Polish submarine escaped from Tallinn into the Baltic Sea. This single event triggered a chain of ultimatums that would…
  • Occupation of the Baltic statesEarly in the morning of the 24th of August 1939, the Soviet Union and Germany signed a ten-year non-aggression pact. This agreement contained a secret…