Battle of Tannenberg Line

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World War II battle battle

The Battle of Tannenberg Line was a brutal 1944 Eastern Front engagement in Estonia where German and Estonian forces fought a major defensive action against the advancing Soviet Red Army.

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Battle of Tannenberg Line canonical 2
Battle of the Tannenberg Line 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of the Sinimäed Hills ⓘ
attackingForce 2nd Shock Army ⓘ
8th Army (Soviet Union) ⓘ
Leningrad Front (Soviet Union) ⓘ
surface form: Leningrad Front
belligerent Estonian units fighting for Germany ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
casualties heavy on both sides ⓘ
characterizedAs intense defensive battle ⓘ
one of the bloodiest battles fought on Estonian soil ⓘ
commander Felix Steiner ⓘ
Ivan Fedyuninsky ⓘ
Leonid Govorov ⓘ
conflict Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
countryAtTime Estonian SSR ⓘ
dateEnd 1944-08-10 ⓘ
dateStart 1944-07-25 ⓘ
defendingForce Army Group North ⓘ
III (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps ⓘ
surface form: III SS Panzer Corps
followedBy Tallinn offensive (1944) ⓘ
surface form: Soviet Tallinn offensive (1944)
frontLineFeature Grenadier Hill ⓘ
Orphanage Hill ⓘ
Tower Hill ⓘ
historicalRegion Estonia ⓘ
involves Estonian volunteers in German service ⓘ
foreign Waffen-SS volunteers ⓘ
location Sinimäed Hills ⓘ
near Narva, Estonia ⓘ
notableUnit 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland ⓘ
20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian) ⓘ
4th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Brigade Nederland ⓘ
Finnish Infantry Regiment 200 ⓘ
Narva Battalion ⓘ
opponent Red Army ⓘ
Waffen-SS ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
partOf Battle of Narva (1944) ⓘ
Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)

Narva offensive ⓘ
Baltic offensive (1944) ⓘ
surface form: Soviet Baltic offensive (1944)
precededBy Battle of Narva (1944) ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Narva Bridgehead (1944)
result German tactical defensive success ⓘ
Soviet operational victory ⓘ
strategicObjective cover withdrawal of German Army Group North ⓘ
delay Soviet advance toward Tallinn ⓘ
theater Baltic theatre of World War II ⓘ
year 1944 ⓘ

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

World War II battles → hasNotableBattle → Battle of Tannenberg Line ⓘ
Baltic offensive (1944) → notableBattle → Battle of Tannenberg Line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of the Tannenberg Line
Battle of Narva (1944) → followedBy → Battle of Tannenberg Line ⓘ