The Battle of Cēsis (Latvian: Cēsu kaujas; Estonian: Võnnu lahing, Battle of Võnnu; German: Schlacht von Wenden, Battle of Wenden), fought near Cēsis (Wenden)...
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church in Cēsis Rauna Gate Cēsis Transfiguration of Christ Orthodox Church Cēsis Old Town Hall The Victory monument in Union square in Cēsis Square of Roses...
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Battle of Wenden or Battle of Cēsis may refer to Battle of Cēsis (1210) Battles of Wenden (1577–1578) Battle of Wenden (1601) Battle of Wenden (1626)...
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World War, one of the principal commanders of Finnish Civil War, Latvian War of Independence, Battle of Cēsis (1919) and Estonian War of Independence Rüdiger...
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Ernst Põdder (category Recipients of the Military Order of the Cross of the Eagle, Class I)
founders of the underground Defence League. At the beginning of the Estonian Liberation War, Põdder was Chief of Internal Security. On April 4, 1919, he became...
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Põdder, including the 2nd Latvian Cēsis regiment of the North Latvian Brigade defeats the Landeswehr in the Battle of Cēsis. 3 July: Estonia, Latvia and the...
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Vilis Janums (category Latvian military personnel of the Latvian War of Independence)
June 1919 he started his service in the Latvian army as a lieutenant. He was a communication officer in the Cēsis regiment. He took part in Battle of Cēsis...
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Estonian 3rd Division counterattacked, recapturing Cēsis. The anniversary of the Battle of Cēsis (Võnnu lahing in Estonian) is celebrated in Estonia...
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occupation of Latvia in 1940 and in exile in the West after 1944, it was ultimately given to the Cēsis Museum in 1997, where today it is on display in Cēsis Castle...
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Kuperjanov Infantry Battalion (category Battalions of Estonia)
25 May 1919, the battalion successfully stopped the German advance at Rauna, and took part in defeating the German forces in the Battle of Cēsis. On 30...
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Jānis Puriņš (category People from Cēsis Municipality)
army of the Russian Empire. He served as head of the Cēsis war district, then in the curatorium of the Vilnius Military District. At the beginning of the...
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Žanis Bahs (category Latvian military personnel of the Latvian War of Independence)
Army on 13 December 1918. From April 1919 he served in the Northern Latvian brigade. After the Battle of Cēsis he was the Latvian military attache in...
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Krišjānis Berķis (category Ministers of defence of Latvia)
Vidzeme. On 1 June, the regiment entered Valmiera, and later Cēsis. After fighting in Battle of Cēsis, the regiment chased retreating Germans until the Strazdumiža...
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Freikorps in the Baltic (category Organizations of the German Revolution of 1918–1919)
Britannica Article Pygmy Wars (personal site) with emphasis on the Battle of Cēsis Robert G L Waite, Vanguard of Nazism, 1969, W W Norton and Company...
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German sailors are killed. June 23 – Estonian and Latvian Wars of Independence – Battle of Cēsis: The Estonian army defeats the pro-German Baltische Landeswehr...
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the victory of Estonia and neighboring Latvia in the Battle of Cēsis against the Baltische Landeswehr on June 23, 1919. The battle was part of the 1918–1920...
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Eiserne Division (category 1919 establishments)
service. However, they were decisively defeated at the Battle of Wenden (Lat. Cēsis). Some of the troops refused to serve because they had only been recruited...
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United Baltic Duchy (redirect from United Duchy of Estland, Livland and Kurland)
Ernst Põdder, and North Latvian Brigade at the Battle of Cēsis, 19–23 June 1919. On the morning of 23 June 1919, the Germans began a general retreat toward...
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(News of the Land), later known as Haaretz, in Jerusalem. Battle of Cēsis – Estonian and Latvian forces attacked the Baltische Landeswehr near Cēsis, Latvia...
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Baltische Landeswehr (category Estonian War of Independence)
Cēsis (Wenden), however in the battles over the following few days they were defeated by the Estonian 3rd Division, including the Latvian 2nd Cesis regiment...
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Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also This article lists all the battles that...
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(including the 2nd Cēsis regiment of the North Latvian brigade) on the other. The 3rd division defeated the German forces in the Battle of Wenden on June...
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Rüdiger von der Goltz (category Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Liberty, 1st Class)
Wenden (Cēsis), but in the battles over the following few days, they were defeated by the 3rd Estonian Division (led by Ernst Põdder). On the morning of June...
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Flag of Balatonszőlős Flag of Kozármisleny Flag of Tatárszentgyörgy Flag of Fűzvölgy Flag of Pat Flag of Alūksne, Latvia Flag of Cēsis Flag of Cēsis Municipality...
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Aleksandrs Grīns (category Latvian military personnel of the Latvian War of Independence)
1914 he graduated Realschule in Cēsis. He wanted to study medicine at the University of Tartu but due to the start of First World War he went to Moscow...
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Czechoslovak Legion (category Expatriate units and formations of Czechoslovakia)
November 1919. Their goal was to win the support of the Allied Powers for the independence of Lands of the Bohemian Crown from the Austrian Empire and of Slovak...
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The Italian order of battle for the Second Italo-Ethiopian War on 8 October 1935. The Ethiopian order of battle is listed separately. Commander: General...
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French invasion of Russia (Napoleonic Wars) Battle of Mesoten – 1812 – French invasion of Russia (Napoleonic Wars) Battle of Cēsis – 1919 – Estonian and...
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Lāčplēsis Day (category Independence of Latvia)
in the Battle of Cēsis in June 1919. Former soldiers of the German Empire and Russian Empire regrouped and reinvaded Latvia in the fall of 1919. The outnumbered...
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Albert Leo Schlageter (category People from the Grand Duchy of Baden)
capture of Riga in May during the Latvian War of Independence. After the Landwehr was defeated in the Battle of Cēsis, he joined the German Legion of the...
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