80 years ago today, Soviet forces entered Tallinn. 4 days earlier, in a power vacuum, Otto Tief’s government was formed, Estonian independence was declared and a hopeless defense of Tallinn was organized. Estonian forces retreated to Western Estonia, where resistance continued.
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For some reason while making this post, Reddit decided to post it anyways before I was even done adding everything, so I just deleted it and posted this.
The Soviets “liberated” Estonia by literally shooting down the Estonian flag at the top of the symbolic [Tall Hermann tower](https://www.puhkuseestis.ee/bw_client_files/puhkus_eestis/public/ss_sightseeing_img/magick.php/1178_1985_Pikk_Hermann.jpg?resize(800×600)) with machine guns…
After the Germans had all but left Tallinn on 18 September 1944, the last Estonian prime minister Jüri Uluots ordered the creation of a government of the Republic of Estonia. The Nazi flag was torn down from Pikk Hermann and was replaced with the Estonian tricolor. The Estonian tricolor flew over Tallinn for 4 days, before it disappeared for 45 years. A hopeless defense of Tallinn was organized mainly by Jaan Maide, independence war legend and war hero Johan Pitka, Paul Laamann and Karl Talpak. The Estonians withdrew from Tallinn into Western Estonia, where the Soviet advance would be delayed enough for thousands of people to escape the Soviets into the free world. These men were some of the only men in the Second World War to fight and die under the Estonian flag.
I don’t know a lot about different events in different countries, but I recognize an ISU-152 when I see it.. sexy ass tanks!
People understood that communism was a scam, and there could be no paradise where you could be shot for telling a joke.
Russia is USSR with a cloak. Same ugly politics, people, principles that lead to war, killings, and destruction.
Until the Baltics sang away the occupiers!
That had to be the darkest moment in our history.
I can only imagine what those who lived back then felt when Estonia left the Soviet Union
Vaenlaise pääle ep tohe muud, ku iänes lugupidamist!