Battle of Narva (1944)

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Eastern Front battle battle

The Battle of Narva (1944) was a major Eastern Front engagement in World War II in which German and Estonian forces fought Soviet troops for control of the Narva region in northeastern Estonia.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Narva (1944) canonical 4
Narva front 2
Battle of Narva Bridgehead (1944) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Front battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Narva (1944) ⓘ
surface form: Narva offensive (German–Soviet battle, 1944)
belligerent Estonian Waffen-SS units ⓘ
Estonian units fighting on the German side ⓘ
Army Group North ⓘ
surface form: German Army Group North

Leningrad Front (Soviet Union) ⓘ
surface form: Leningrad Front

Nazi Germany ⓘ
Red Army ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
commandedBy Ferdinand Schörner ⓘ
Johannes Frießner ⓘ
Leonid Govorov NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictIn Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Estonia ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Tannenberg Line ⓘ
hasCasualties heavy on both sides ⓘ
hasEndDate 1944-08-10 ⓘ
hasObjective breach of German Panther Line defenses ⓘ
control of Narva bridgehead ⓘ
hasPhase battles on the Narva Isthmus ⓘ
fighting for the Narva bridgehead ⓘ
hasResult strategic Soviet advance toward the Baltic ⓘ
tactical German-Estonian defensive success ⓘ
hasStartDate 1944-02-02 ⓘ
hasTheater Baltic theatre of World War II ⓘ
surface form: Baltic theater of World War II
involvesUnit 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian) ⓘ
2nd Shock Army ⓘ
59th Army ⓘ
8th Estonian Rifle Corps ⓘ
III (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps ⓘ
surface form: III SS Panzer Corps
notableFor intensive urban and river-crossing combat ⓘ
involvement of Estonian volunteers and conscripts on both sides ⓘ
partOf Battle of Narva (1944) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Narva offensive (1944)

Baltic offensive (1944) ⓘ
surface form: Soviet 1944 Baltic offensive operations

World War II ⓘ
precededBy Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive ⓘ
relatedTo German withdrawal to the Tannenberg Line ⓘ
strategicSignificance delayed Soviet reoccupation of Estonia ⓘ
part of German efforts to hold the Baltic region ⓘ
timePeriod 1940s ⓘ
20th century ⓘ
tookPlaceIn Estonia ⓘ
Lääne-Viru County ⓘ
surface form: Narva region

northeastern Estonia ⓘ
tookPlaceNear Narva ⓘ
Narva River ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

18th Army (Wehrmacht) → notableEngagement → Battle of Narva (1944) ⓘ
Army Detachment Narva → location → Battle of Narva (1944) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Narva front
Army Detachment Narva → engagedIn → Battle of Narva (1944) ⓘ
Army Detachment Narva → front → Battle of Narva (1944) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Narva front
Battle of Narva (1944) → partOf → Battle of Narva (1944) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Narva offensive (1944)
Battle of Narva (1944) → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Narva (1944) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Narva offensive (German–Soviet battle, 1944)
Narva → siteOf → Battle of Narva (1944) ⓘ
Battle of Tannenberg Line → partOf → Battle of Narva (1944) ⓘ
Battle of Tannenberg Line → precededBy → Battle of Narva (1944) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Narva Bridgehead (1944)