War in the Woods: Estonia's Struggle for Survival, 1944-1956Compass Press, 1992 - Počet stran: 272 With the Soviet reoccupation after World War II, Estonians faced a choice of submitting to Communist puppets or trying to survive in the traditional refuge of their forests while waiting for help from the West which never came. Those who chose the second course, Estonia's "Forest Brothers", mounted an armed resistance which, for more than a decade, seriously challenged Soviet rule. This is their story, told for the first time by sources within Estonia. This account is drawn from interviews with Forest Brothers who survived and relatives of those who died, and from documents and photographs from Soviet KGB files. It reflects Estonian courage and humor, the faith and sacrifice of a people suppressed, and the indomitable determination of a free nation to regain independence. |
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... defense capa- bility . Old Livonia was now easy prey for neighboring Russia , whose czar Ivan the Terrible felt the time was right to expand his empire into Europe in the mid - sixteenth century . In 1558 , the huge armies of Russia ...
... defense capa- bility . Old Livonia was now easy prey for neighboring Russia , whose czar Ivan the Terrible felt the time was right to expand his empire into Europe in the mid - sixteenth century . In 1558 , the huge armies of Russia ...
Strana 42
... Defense Units were formed . The Commies regarded the men who joined these units as Red patriots and entrusted them with weapons . But most of the People's Defense troops were thieves , opportunists , bandits , and all sorts of crude ...
... Defense Units were formed . The Commies regarded the men who joined these units as Red patriots and entrusted them with weapons . But most of the People's Defense troops were thieves , opportunists , bandits , and all sorts of crude ...
Strana 43
... Defense units all over Estonia were similar in nature . They included few principled Com- munists ; most of the troops were the dregs of society for whom the door to social leadership was opened by the occupying regime . Destruction ...
... Defense units all over Estonia were similar in nature . They included few principled Com- munists ; most of the troops were the dregs of society for whom the door to social leadership was opened by the occupying regime . Destruction ...
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Guerrillas Partisans and Mõrtsuks | 1 |
Striking Back | 77 |
The Armed Resistance League | 99 |
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activities AECP AEHS agents Alfons Rebane ambush Ants Armed Resistance League arrested attack Baltic bandits battle bunker captured chekists City collaborators Communist Party CPE archives death deportations destruction battalion door escape Estonian national Estonian partisans Executive Committee building farm Finland fire fled Forest Brothers Forest Brothers movement Forest Brothers unit grenades guard Harjumaa hideout hiding Hiiumaa independence Jaan Järvamaa killed Komsomol Kukk Läänemaa large number Latvian leader lived machine gun Memoirs military night NKVD officer operations ordered Parish Pärnu Pärnumaa Pärnumaa County partisans People's Defense pistol planned police political prison radio raid Rebane reconnaissance Red army Republic of Estonia resistance movement returned to Estonia Russian RVL member Saaliste Saaremaa sent shot Siberia soldiers southern Estonia Soviet authorities Soviet security apparatus Soviet security forces Soviet Union succeeded Sweden Talgre Tallinn Tartu tion took township organization commander troops Veriora Veriora Parish village Võru Võrumaa County wounded