2 ESTONIAN LANGUAGE BOOKS
EESTI
VABADUSSODA
1918-1920 Volumes I & II
by Vabadussoja Ajaloo Komitee
Published by Kultuuri Kirjastus, 1948 & 1951. ESTONIAN LANGUAGE BOOKS. Complete in 2 Volumes. Good used condition hardcovers. Volume I has breaks to both front and rear hinges but is still holding, volume II has a tight binding, strong hinges & joints. Both books have pencils notes & underlining throughout text, volume II also has notes to the endpapers. Large 8vos., 557 pages, & 568 pages. Exhaustive and detailed history of the Estonian War of Independence against Russia. Lavishly illustrated throughout, with hundreds of illustrations, photographs, drawings, prints, color maps, numerous fold-out maps, charts, graphs, copies of official documents, etc..
The Estonian War of Independence (Estonian: Vabadussõda, literally "Freedom War"), also known as the Estonian Liberation War, was a defensive campaign of the Estonian Army and its allies, most notably the United Kingdom, against the Bolshevik westward offensive of 1918–1919 and the 1919 aggression of the Baltische Landeswehr. The campaign was the struggle of the newly established democratic nation of Estonia for independence in the aftermath of World War I. It resulted in a victory for Estonia and was concluded in the 1920 Treaty of Tartu.
The Estonian War of Independence was one of the many independence wars during the aftermath of World War Ion the periphery of the collapsing Russian Empire. The war began on 28th November 1918, when Soviet Russia attacked the Republic of Estonia, which had just been emancipated from German occupation. The Soviets were looking at it as part of the future worldwide workers’ revolution. For this reason, a Soviet puppet government, the Commune of the Working People of Estonia, in the border city of Narva was established as a counter to the Republic of Estonia’s government. The Commune immediately turned to Soviet Russia for assistance. By the end of 1918, the Red Army had conquered more than half of the territory of Estonia. The Estonian forces began their counter-attack at the beginning of 1919 and were able to drive the Soviets out of Estonia. Although battles continued in southern Estonia until the end of May 1919, but after that, no more battles occurred on Estonian soil. The Estonian military command’s strategy was active defence: to keep the war outside the borders of Estonia, to support the Russian Whites against the Soviets as well as to ally itself with its neighbouring nations and countries of the Entente. The post World War I wars on the outskirts of the former Russian Empire were linked to the Russian Civil War, in which the Russian Whites intended to restore a „united and indivisible Russia“. The Russian Whites were backed by the Entente countries; consequently, there was a delay in the dejure recognition of the new nations on the borders of Soviet Russia. They were assisted with armaments and equipment but with the proviso that the new nations assist the White forces. Consequently, the Estonian military supported the Northern Corps and the Northwest Army of Russian Whites with two assaults on Petrograd and held a united front at Pskov and in Ingria. The freedom and independence wars of different peoples were also closely linked. A part of the Latvian army was formed in Estonia and the Estonian army cleared northern Latvia of Soviets in the first half of 1919. In the summer of 1919, Estonian troops together with Latvians defeated the Iron Division of the German Freikorps volunteers and the Landeswehr of local Baltic Germans. This allowed the Latvian national government to be restored after having been overthrown by the Landeswehr. Of the countries that ceded from Russia and declared independence, Estonia was the first to achieve peace with the Soviets. On December 31, 1919, a armistice was called and came into effect on January 3, 1920. On 2 February, the Tartu Peace Treaty was signed by which Soviet Russia recognized Estonia’s independence as well as the Republic of Estonia became one of the first countries to recognize Soviet Russia.
Loc: C4
2 ESTONIAN LANGUAGE BOOKS
EESTI
VABADUSSODA
1918-1920 Volumes I & II
by Vabadussoja Ajaloo Komitee
Published by Kultuuri Kirjastus, 1948 & 1951. ESTONIAN LANGUAGE BOOKS. Complete in 2 Volumes. Good used condition hardcovers. Volume I has breaks to both front and rear hinges but is still holding, volume II has a tight binding, strong hinges & joints. Both books have pencils notes & underlining throughout text, volume II also has notes to the endpapers. Large 8vos., 557 pages, & 568 pages. Exhaustive and detailed history of the Estonian War of Independence against Russia. Lavishly illustrated throughout, with hundreds of illustrations, photographs, drawings, prints, color maps, numerous fold-out maps, charts, graphs, copies of official documents, etc..
The Estonian War of Independence (Estonian: Vabadussõda, literally "Freedom War"), also known as the Estonian Liberation War, was a defensive campaign of the Estonian Army and its allies, most notably the United Kingdom, against the Bolshevik westward offensive of 1918–1919 and the 1919 aggression of the Baltische Landeswehr. The campaign was the struggle of the newly established democratic nation of Estonia for independence in the aftermath of World War I. It resulted in a victory for Estonia and was concluded in the 1920 Treaty of Tartu.
The Estonian War of Independence was one of the many independence wars during the aftermath of World War Ion the periphery of the collapsing Russian Empire. The war began on 28th November 1918, when Soviet Russia attacked the Republic of Estonia, which had just been emancipated from German occupation. The Soviets were looking at it as part of the future worldwide workers’ revolution. For this reason, a Soviet puppet government, the Commune of the Working People of Estonia, in the border city of Narva was established as a counter to the Republic of Estonia’s government. The Commune immediately turned to Soviet Russia for assistance. By the end of 1918, the Red Army had conquered more than half of the territory of Estonia. The Estonian forces began their counter-attack at the beginning of 1919 and were able to drive the Soviets out of Estonia. Although battles continued in southern Estonia until the end of May 1919, but after that, no more battles occurred on Estonian soil. The Estonian military command’s strategy was active defence: to keep the war outside the borders of Estonia, to support the Russian Whites against the Soviets as well as to ally itself with its neighbouring nations and countries of the Entente. The post World War I wars on the outskirts of the former Russian Empire were linked to the Russian Civil War, in which the Russian Whites intended to restore a „united and indivisible Russia“. The Russian Whites were backed by the Entente countries; consequently, there was a delay in the dejure recognition of the new nations on the borders of Soviet Russia. They were assisted with armaments and equipment but with the proviso that the new nations assist the White forces. Consequently, the Estonian military supported the Northern Corps and the Northwest Army of Russian Whites with two assaults on Petrograd and held a united front at Pskov and in Ingria. The freedom and independence wars of different peoples were also closely linked. A part of the Latvian army was formed in Estonia and the Estonian army cleared northern Latvia of Soviets in the first half of 1919. In the summer of 1919, Estonian troops together with Latvians defeated the Iron Division of the German Freikorps volunteers and the Landeswehr of local Baltic Germans. This allowed the Latvian national government to be restored after having been overthrown by the Landeswehr. Of the countries that ceded from Russia and declared independence, Estonia was the first to achieve peace with the Soviets. On December 31, 1919, a armistice was called and came into effect on January 3, 1920. On 2 February, the Tartu Peace Treaty was signed by which Soviet Russia recognized Estonia’s independence as well as the Republic of Estonia became one of the first countries to recognize Soviet Russia.
Loc: C4
