Estonian War of Independence (1918-1920) took place in the aftermath of the Great War. Republics of Estonia and Latvia seek to become independent states and have to oppose the Bolsheviks who want to make them part of Soviet Russia. Meanwhile Germany seeks to expand its influence in the region relying on the Freikorps and the local Baltic German nobility and the White Russian forces prepare to capture Petrograd - the former capital of Russia and to overthrow the Bolsheviks.

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Unit symbols:
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00:17 - Lenin speaking on the Red Square. 24. May 1919. ERAF.2.1.3156.1
00:23 - The flag of the Russian Battalion of Death. Henryk Mościcki.Jan Cynarski "Historia XX wieku" (History of XX c.) Warszawa 1934. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_m...
02:55 - Armoured train infantry company. 1919. EAA.2073.2.14.1
03:11 - Soldiers in trenches on the Southern Front, autumn 1919. EAA.2281.1.27.24p.135
07:20 - Machine gunners on the Southern Front, autumn 1919. EAA.2281.1.27.13.69
07:48 - Soldiers advancing on the Southern Front, autumn 1919. EAA.2281.1.27.23p.127
08:25 - Soldiers on the Southern Front, autumn 1919. EAA.2281.1.27.17p.91
09:38 - Leaders of the Northwestern Army, summer 1919. ERA.4996.1.387.34
11:01 - Russian White troops disembarking in Pskov, probably May 1919. ERA.4996.1.265.34
12:23 - Stormtroopers of the Baltic Landeswehr. 1919. ERA.1298.1.461.18
13:27 - Peace talks between the Estonians and the Germans. EAA.5166.1.137.61
16:26 - Civilian volunteers digging trenches on the Southern Front. 1919. EAA.2281.1.27.32p.182
17:00 - Jaan Poska signing the Treaty of Tartu. 02.02.1920. EAA.2113.1.15.79

This video was created by using the assets from another video, that was funded by the Estonian War Museum.

Sources for unit symbols:

Kuperjanov Partisan Battalion, Kalevlaste maleva, Sakala Partisan Battalion, Scouts Battalion, Ingrian Battalion - Vabadussõja Ajaloo komitee, "Eesti Vabadussõda. 1918-1920" II osa, Mats, Tallinn, 1997, lk 471
Pohjan Pojat Regiment - author Krizzu. https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pohjan_...
Iron Division - author MrPenguin20. https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rauddiv...
Baltic Landeswehr - author Carport https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rauddiv...
Russian White Forces in Latvia - Flag of a West Russian Volonteer Army - author MrPenguin20. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Ru...
Latvian Valmiera and Cēsis Regiments - source: http://uniformologija.lv/raksts/vidze...

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