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    The Tartu offensive operation (Russian: Тартуская наступательная операция), also known as the Battle of Tartu (Estonian: Tartu lahing) and the Battle of...
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    Baltic coast in the beginning of their Tartu offensive and at the end of the highly successful Belorussian offensive (Operation Bagration), during July and...
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    Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 97,435 (as of 2023). It is 186 kilometres (116 miles) southeast of...
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  • Battle of Tartu in the Estonian War of Independence, 13-14 January 1919 Battle of Tartu in the Summer War, 9–25 July 1941 Tartu Offensive, 10 August...
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    the Väike Emajõgi river line against the Soviet Tartu Offensive in August–September and the Riga Offensive in September 1944, some of the battalions became...
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  • this point it joined in the offensive into Estonia, winning the Order of the Red Banner for its part in the fighting for Tartu, and then being moved to 67th...
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  • Wagner was given command of a Kampfgruppe (battle group), against the Tartu Offensive of the Soviet 3rd Baltic Front. After the war ended, Wagner was taken...
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  • independent Finland Battle of Tartu (1941), a World War II battle for the city Tartu Offensive (1944), a World War II offensive Tartu Air Base or Raadi Airfield...
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  • in many attacks such as the Leningrad–Novgorod, Pskov-Ostrov, Tartu, and Riga offensives. Fighting through the Baltic States, the 1st Shock Army finished...
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    the Soviet Krasnoye Selo–Ropsha Offensive succeeded in collapsing the German front. The follow-on Kingisepp–Gdov Offensive pushed the German forces to the...
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  • Pskov-Ostrov Offensive in July and the Tartu Offensive in August and September. The army fought in the Riga Offensive in September and October. The army then...
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  • Schlachtgeschwader 3 (SG 3). On 9 June 1944 the Soviet Union launched a major offensive on the Karelian Isthmus. The Soviet Army forced the Finns to abandon their...
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    resulted in a victory for Estonia and was concluded in the 1920 Treaty of Tartu. During the 1917 Russian Revolution, the newly elected provincial legislature...
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  • during the Tartu Offensive. In September, he returned to command of the 52nd Guards Rifle Division and led it during the Baltic Offensive, Vistula–Oder...
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  • as the area avoided the intensive conflict central Tartu experienced during the Tartu offensive. The district is bordered by several large streets, as...
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  • off retreating elements of Army Group North in the Tartu Offensive, and later the Riga Offensive. Although most of the German forces were able to escape...
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    one of the first divisions so honored during the war. During the Lyuban Offensive it penetrated deep into the German lines as part of 2nd Shock Army, but...
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    defend Estonia. The arrival of the I.Battalion, 1st Estonian Regiment at Tartu coincided with the prepared landing operation by the left flank of the Leningrad...
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  • Battalions 37 and 38 participated in the fighting against the Soviet Tartu Offensive. As their largest operation, supported by the 3rd Battalion of the...
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  • Toropets–Kholm Offensive. The division participated in the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive, the Pskov-Ostrov Offensive, the Tartu Offensive and the Riga Offensive. In...
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    The Battle of Guam ended in American victory. The Soviets began the Tartu Offensive. German submarine U-608 was scuttled after being attacked and damaged...
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    failed to break through, the Soviets launched the Tartu Offensive on 10 August, and the Baltic Offensive on 14 September with forces totalling 1.5 million...
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    Chipyong-ni Battle of Dong Dang (1979) Battle of Kollaa Battle of Suursaari Tartu Offensive Battle of the Seelow Heights Battle of Nietjärvi Battle of Tienhaara...
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  • carried to the south of Lake Peipus. The main thrust of the Soviet Tartu Offensive Operation was aimed at the town of Petseri. On 10 August, the Soviet...
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    Estonian National Museum (category Museums in Tartu)
    Raadi Manor, the main building of the museum, was destroyed in the Tartu Offensive during World War II. After this the airfield dominated not just the...
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    against the Soviet 3rd Baltic Front, which had managed a break-through at the Tartu front and was threatening the capital Tallinn. Ivar Grünthal (1924–1996)...
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  • Tartu County in eastern Estonia. Painter and art historian Eduard Ahas (1901–1944) was killed in Kangro farmstead in Sääsküla following the Tartu Offensive...
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    during the Second World War and the manor house was burnt during the Tartu Offensive. The airport became a major Soviet Long Range Aviation bomber base...
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    Battle of Narva, Southeast Estonia in the Tartu Offensive and the rest of the country in the Baltic Offensive. Faced with the country being re-occupied...
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    The Soviet westward offensive of 1918–1919 was part of the campaign by Soviet Russia into areas abandoned by the Ober Ost garrisons that were being withdrawn...
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