Tallinn offensive (1944)

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World War II battle military offensive

The Tallinn offensive (1944) was a World War II Soviet military operation that drove German forces out of Tallinn and much of northern Estonia as part of the broader Baltic campaign.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Soviet Tallinn offensive (1944)	1
Tallinn Offensive	1
Tallinn offensive (1944) canonical	1
Tallinn operation (1944)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle ⓘ military offensive ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Tallinn offensive (1944) ⓘ surface form: Tallinn operation (1944)
belligerent	Estonian units fighting on German side ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
campaign	Baltic Offensive ⓘ surface form: Baltic campaign of 1944
cityCaptured	Tallinn ⓘ
combatantControlledAfter	Soviet Union ⓘ
combatantControlledBefore	Nazi Germany ⓘ
commander	Felix Steiner ⓘ Leonid Govorov NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
conflictType	offensive operation ⓘ
country	Estonia ⓘ
endDate	1944-09-26 ⓘ
followedBy	Moonsund Landing Operation ⓘ
front	Leningrad Front (Soviet Union) ⓘ surface form: Leningrad Front
historicalRegion	Baltic states ⓘ
involvedForce	Red Army ⓘ Waffen-SS ⓘ Wehrmacht ⓘ
location	Tallinn ⓘ northern Estonia ⓘ
militaryUnitInvolved	2nd Shock Army ⓘ surface form: 2nd Shock Army (Soviet Union) 8th Army (Soviet Union) ⓘ III (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps ⓘ surface form: III SS Panzer Corps Leningrad Front (Soviet Union) ⓘ surface form: Leningrad Front
objective	capture of Tallinn ⓘ cutting off German forces in Estonia from sea evacuation routes ⓘ expulsion of German forces from northern Estonia ⓘ
opponent	Army Group North ⓘ
partOf	Baltic offensive (1944) ⓘ surface form: Baltic offensive Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
precededBy	Narva offensive ⓘ surface form: Narva offensive (1944)
relatedEvent	German evacuation of Tallinn (1944) ⓘ Soviet re-occupation of the Baltic states ⓘ
result	German forces expelled from Tallinn ⓘ Soviet occupation of the Baltic states ⓘ surface form: Soviet re-occupation of northern Estonia Soviet victory ⓘ
startDate	1944-09-17 ⓘ
strategicConsequence	German withdrawal from mainland Estonia ⓘ consolidation of Soviet control over northern Baltic coast ⓘ
theater	Baltic theatre of World War II ⓘ surface form: Baltic theater of World War II
tookPlaceIn	September 1944 ⓘ
year	1944 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Baltic offensive (1944) → subOperation → Tallinn offensive (1944) ⓘ

Battle of Tannenberg Line → followedBy → Tallinn offensive (1944) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet Tallinn offensive (1944)

Baltic Offensive → subOperation → Tallinn offensive (1944) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tallinn Offensive

Tallinn offensive (1944) → alsoKnownAs → Tallinn offensive (1944) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tallinn operation (1944)