Estonian War of Independence

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The Estonian War of Independence was a 1918–1920 conflict in which newly declared Estonia fought against Soviet Russia and German forces to secure its sovereignty and establish itself as an independent republic.

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Label Occurrences
Estonian War of Independence canonical 3
Soviet–Estonian War 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict
independence war
war
aftermath international de jure recognition of Estonia in early 1920s
belligerent Baltische Landeswehr elements
Estonian Defence Forces
German Freikorps units in the Baltics
Red Army
Estonia
surface form: Republic of Estonia
conflictType national liberation war
countryInvolved Baltic German forces
Estonia
Finland
German Empire remnants
German forces
Latvia
Russian SFSR
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

Russian SFSR
surface form: Soviet Russia

United Kingdom
White Russian forces
endDate 1920-02-02
goal establish Estonia as an independent republic
secure Estonian sovereignty
hasCause Bolshevik attempt to regain control of former imperial territories
Estonian declaration of independence
collapse of the Russian Empire
location Baltic Sea region
surface form: Baltic region

Estonia
opposedBy Bolshevik government of Russia
surface form: Bolshevik government

Russian SFSR
surface form: Soviet Russia
partOf Russian Civil War
peaceTreatyDate 1920-02-02
peaceTreatySignedWith Russian SFSR
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
relatedTo Latvian War of Independence
Lithuanian Wars of Independence
result Estonian victory
Independence Day of Estonia
surface form: establishment of the Republic of Estonia

recognition of Estonian independence by Soviet Russia
significantBattle Battle of Cēsis (1919)
Battle of Narva (1918)
Battle of Võnnu
Tartu Offensive
surface form: Liberation of Tartu
startDate 1918-11-28
supportedBy Royal Navy
surface form: British Royal Navy

Danish volunteers
Finnish volunteers
Swedish volunteers
White Russian forces
surface form: White Russian Northwestern Army
timePeriod 20th century
treaty Treaty of Tartu

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Estonian Defence Forces historicalEvent Estonian War of Independence
History of Estonia includesEvent Estonian War of Independence
Red Army units conflict Estonian War of Independence
this entity surface form: Soviet–Estonian War
European theatre of interwar conflicts hasNotableConflict Estonian War of Independence