Estonian war of independence

Estonian War of Independence
Part of the Russian Civil War
Date 28 November 1918 – 2 February 1920 (1 year, 2 months and 5 days) Location Estonia, Latvia, northwestern Russia Result Estonian victory Territorial changes Independence of Estonia Vidzeme gained by the Republic of Latvia
Belligerents
Estonia  Latvia  United Kingdom White Movement Finnish, Danish, and Swedish volunteers	Russian SFSR Commune of the Working People of Estonia	Baltische Landeswehr
Commanders and leaders
Johan Laidoner	Jukums Vācietis	Rüdiger von der Goltz
Strength
7 January 1919: 4,450 Including 2,000 Finnish volunteers + respective number of Finnish officers, Baltic Battalion Bibikov squadron, 25 assault guns, 128 machine guns, 4 armoured trains 6th Light Cruiser Squadron of the Royal Navy May 1919: 86,000 Including Northern Corps (2,750) North Latvian Brigade (1,500) Baltic Battalion Ingrian Battalion Swedish and Danish volunteer companies 1st Light Cruiser Squadron	7 January 1919: 5,750–7,250 Including 26 assault guns, 141 machine guns, 1 armoured train, 3 armoured cars May 1919: 80,000	June 1919: 20,000
Casualties and losses
5,000 dead 15,000 injured	unknown 10,000 captured	400 killed 1,500 injured

Independence of Estonia

7 January 1919: 4,450

May 1919: 86,000

7 January 1919: 5,750–7,250

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 White Russian Northwestern Army, Latvia, and the United Kingdom, against the Soviet Western Front offensive and the aggression of the Baltische Landeswehr. It was fought in connection with the Russian Civil War during 1918–1920. The campaign was the struggle of Estonia for its sovereignty in the aftermath of World War I. It resulted in a victory for the newly established state and was concluded in the Treaty of Tartu.

In November 1917, upon the disintegration of the Russian Empire, a diet of the Autonomous Governorate of Estonia, the Estonian Provincial Assembly, which had been elected in the spring of that year, proclaimed itself the highest authority in Estonia. Soon thereafter, the Bolsheviks dissolved the Estonian Provincial Assembly and temporarily forced the pro-independence Estonians underground in the capital Tallinn. A few months later, using the interval between the Red Army's retreat and the arrival of the Imperial German Army, the Salvation Committee of the Estonian National Council Maapäev issued the Estonian Declaration of Independence in Tallinn on 24 February 1918 and formed the Estonian Provisional Government. This first period of independence was extremely short-lived, as the German troops entered Tallinn on the following day. The German authorities recognized neither the provisional government, nor its claim for Estonia's independence, counting them as a self-styled group usurping sovereign rights of the Baltic nobility.

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