1944 ⟶ Estonian Head of State Calls for Resistance

In a radio broadcast, Jüri Uluots, the acting Head of State ...
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📢 Estonian Head of State Calls for Resistance

In a radio broadcast, Jüri Uluots, the acting Head of State of Estonia, calls the Estonian conscripts to hold the Soviet Armed Forces back until a peace treaty with Germany is signed.⟶
EstoniaSoviet UnionGermanyresistanceconscriptionEastern Frontpolitical leadershipWorld War IIBaltic states

🇪🇪 Estonian Prime Minister Supports Mobilization

In a radio interview, the last Estonian Prime Minister Jüri Uluots, as acting Head of State, supports mobilisation.⟶
Estonian Prime Minister Supports Mobilization (1944)
EstoniaMobilizationEastern FrontSoviet OccupationResistanceBaltic States

🇪🇪 Estonian Declaration of Independence

The National Committee of the Republic of Estonia makes a declaration "to the Estonian People." The declaration was made public to the world press in Stockholm in July 1944 and in Tallinn on 1 August 1944.⟶
Estonian Declaration of Independence (1944)
EstoniaBaltic StatesIndependenceDeclarationResistanceSoviet UnionWorld War IIStockholmTallinn

🇪🇪 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.⟶
Estonian Government Appeals for Independence & Mass Exodus (1944)
Eastern FrontEstoniaSoviet UnionOccupationEvacuationBaltic StatesCivilian DisplacementWorld War II

🇪🇪 Estonian Government Proclaimed

Jüri Uluots proclaims the Government of Estonia headed by Deputy Prime Minister Otto Tief.⟶
Estonian Government Proclaimed (1944)
EstoniaGovernment in ExileResistanceOccupationPoliticsEastern FrontSoviet UnionBaltic States

🇪🇪 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.⟶
Estonian Government Forced to Flee (1944)
EstoniaSoviet UnionOccupationGovernment in ExileBaltic StatesEastern FrontResistance1944