Summer War

the Summer War
Part of Eastern Front (World War II) and Occupation of the Baltic States

German soldiers lined up in Estonia in August, 1941
DateJuly 3 - October 21st, 1941
Location
Estonia
Result German Victory
Occupation of Estonia by Nazi Germany
Belligerents
Estonia Estonian Forest Brothers
Estonia Omakaitse
 Germany
Finland Finland
Soviet Union Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Nazi Germany Georg von Küchler
Estonia Friedrich Kurg
Soviet Union Kliment Voroshilov
Soviet Union Vladimir Tributs

The Summer War (Estonian: Suvesõda) was the occupation of Estonia during the Second World War. It was fought between the Forest Brothers (Metsavennad), the Omakaitse, and the Wehrmacht's 18th Army against the forces of the 8th Army of the USSR and the NKVD.


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