1940 ⟶ Estonian President Päts Arrested and Deported

The President of Estonia, Konstantin Päts, is arrested and d...
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1944

👮 Estonian President Päts Arrested and Deported

The President of Estonia, Konstantin Päts, is arrested and deported to Russia by the Soviets.⟶
Estonian President Päts Arrested and Deported (1940)
EstoniaSoviet UnionDeportationOccupationBaltic StatesEastern EuropePolitical RepressionWorld War II

🛡️ Soviet Troops Enter Latvia and Estonia

Soviet troops enter Latvia and Estonia.⟶
Soviet UnionLatviaEstoniaInvasionOccupationBaltic StatesWorld War IIMilitary ActionAnnexation

🚩 Soviet Occupation of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are occupied by the Soviet Union.⟶
Soviet Occupation of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (1940)
Soviet UnionEstoniaLatviaLithuaniaOccupationAnnexationWorld War IIBaltic StatesExpansionismEastern Europe

🚂 Estonian General Laidoner Deported to Siberia

General Johan Laidoner of Estonia is deported to Siberia.⟶
Estonian General Laidoner Deported to Siberia (1940)
EstoniaSoviet UnionDeportationBaltic StatesRepressionOccupationEastern FrontPolitical PersecutionUSSR

🇪🇪 USSR Annexes Estonia

The USSR formally annexes Estonia.⟶
USSR Annexes Estonia (1940)
Soviet UnionEstoniaAnnexationOccupationBaltic StatesEastern FrontWorld War IITerritorial Expansion

🇪🇪 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