The Estonian War of Independence, [c] 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.

Below is a list of military conflicts in which Estonians participated on a larger scale or took place on Estonian territory. Items in bold are the wars most often considered to be major conflicts by Estonian historians and the general public. Swedish dominion over the Baltic weakened.

The history of Estonia from 1918 to 1940 spanned the interwar period from the end of the Estonian War of Independence until the outbreak of World War II. It covers the years of parliamentary democracy, the Great Depression and the period of corporatist authoritarian rule .

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 Estonian War of Independence was an armed conflict between the Republic of Estonia and Soviet Russia that lasted from November 28 , 1918 to February 2, 1920. There was also the Landesveer War, fought in southern Estonia and northern Latvia between June 5 and July 3, 1919, against the Baltic German forces.

Estonians served in several wars involving the Russian Empire: 1914–1918, World War I against the Central Powers. Conflicts that occurred in Estonia during that era: 1917–1918, World War I between the Russia and German Empire. Estonia declared independence on 24 February 1918.

The Estonian War of Independence (Estonian language: Vabadussõda, literally "Freedom War"), also known as the Estonian Liberation War, was a defensive campaign of the Estonian Army and its allies, most notably the White Russian Northwestern Army, Latvia, and the United Kingdom, against the Soviet Western Front offensive and the aggression of ...

Following the rise of the Bolsheviks in Russia and German victories against the Russian army, the Estonian Committee of Elders of the Maapäev declared independence in Pärnu on 23 Feb 1918 and in Tallinn on 24 Feb 1918. After winning the Estonian War of Independence, the nation's independence was affirmed.

Estonian War of Independence 1918-1920. During the upheaval in revolutionary Russia, Estonia first proclaimed its independence on November 28, 1917 but the Bolshevik takeover in Petrograd extended to Estonia as well, until Germany moved to occupy Estonia in February 1918.

Mar 1, 2025 · On June 22, 1941, Germany attacked the U.S.S.R. Large areas of Estonia were freed from Soviet forces by improvised Estonian units before the German army reached Estonia. For three years Estonia was under German occupation, becoming part of the Ostland province.