War between Estonia and Soviet Russia in 1918–1920
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Estonian War of Independence
Date
28 November 1918 – 2 February 1920 (1 year, 2 months and 5 days)
Location
Estonia, Latvia, Northwestern Russia
Result
Estonian victory
Belligerents
Estonia
Finnish, Danish, and Swedish volunteers
North Latvian Brigade
White Movement
United Kingdom[a]
Soviet Russia Commune of Estonia Soviet Latvia
Landeswehr Freikorps
Commanders and leaders
Konstantin Päts Otto Strandman Jaan Tõnisson Johan Laidoner Jaan Soots Nikolai Yudenich
Vladimir Lenin Leon Trotsky Jukums Vācietis Sergey Kamenev Dmitry Nadyozhny Vladimir Gittis
Rüdiger von der Goltz Alfred Fletcher
Strength
7 January 1919: 4,450[1]–16,500[2]
Including
14,500 Estonian national guard + Estonian army (in process of formation)
6th Light Cruiser Squadron of the Royal Navy[1]
2,000 Finnish volunteers + respective number of Finnish officers,[3]
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. 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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^ abcdJaan Maide (1933). "IV" (PDF). Ülevaade Eesti Vabadussõjast (1918–1920). Tartu: Kaitseliidu kirjastus.
^ abKaevats, Ülo: Eesti Entsüklopeedia. Valgus, 1990 http://entsyklopeedia.ee/artikkel/vabaduss%C3%B5da1
^Jaan Maide (1933). "II" (PDF). Ülevaade Eesti Vabadussõjast (1918–1920). Tartu: Kaitseliidu kirjastus.
^Thomas & Boltowsky (2019), p. 20.
^ abcd"Iseseisvuse aeg 1918–40". Eesti. Üld. Vol. 11. Eesti entsüklopeedia. 2002. pp. 296–311.
^"Vabadussoja Ajaloo Selts".
^"Kaitsevägi mälestab Vabadussõjas langenuid - Kaitsevägi". Archived from the original on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
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^Kaevats, Ülo: Eesti Entsüklopeedia 5, page 396. Valgus, 1990, ISBN 5-89900-009-0
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