Estonian War of Independence

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armed conflict independence war war

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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All labels observed (2)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

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 ⓘ