1944 ⟶ Estonian Government Proclaimed
Jüri Uluots proclaims the Government of Estonia headed by De...
Year
1944
🇪🇪 Estonian Government Proclaimed
Jüri Uluots proclaims the Government of Estonia headed by Deputy Prime Minister Otto Tief.⟶
EstoniaGovernment in ExileResistanceOccupationPoliticsEastern FrontSoviet UnionBaltic States
🇪🇪 Estonian Prime Minister Supports Mobilization
In a radio interview, the last Estonian Prime Minister Jüri Uluots, as acting Head of State, supports mobilisation.⟶
EstoniaMobilizationEastern FrontSoviet OccupationResistanceBaltic States
🇪🇪 Estonian Government Appeals for Independence & Mass Exodus
The Government of Estonia seizes the government buildings of Toompea from the German forces and appeals to the Soviet Union for the independence of Estonia. The Soviet advance sparks a major Estonian civil evacuation abroad, with ca. 80,000 people (7% of the pre-war population), including almost the entire Coastal Swedish minority, fleeing mostly over the Baltic Sea to Sweden.⟶
Eastern FrontEstoniaSoviet UnionOccupationEvacuationBaltic StatesCivilian DisplacementWorld War II
🇪🇪 Estonian National Committee Formed
The underground organisation, the National Committee of the Republic of Estonia, is formed in Tallinn.⟶
EstoniaResistanceUndergroundPoliticsOccupationBaltic StatesWWII
🇪🇪 Estonian Government Forced to Flee
The Government of Estonia prints a few hundred copies of the Riigi Teataja (State Gazette) and is forced to flee under Soviet pressure.⟶
EstoniaSoviet UnionOccupationGovernment in ExileBaltic StatesEastern FrontResistance1944
