Estonian War of Independence

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The Estonian War of Independence was a 1918–1920 conflict in which newly declared Estonia fought against Soviet Russia and German forces to secure its sovereignty and establish itself as an independent republic.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict ⓘ
independence war ⓘ
war ⓘ
aftermath international de jure recognition of Estonia in early 1920s ⓘ
belligerent Baltische Landeswehr elements ⓘ
Estonian Defence Forces ⓘ
German Freikorps units in the Baltics ⓘ
Red Army ⓘ
Republic of Estonia ⓘ
linked to: Estonia
conflictType national liberation war ⓘ
countryInvolved Baltic German forces ⓘ
Estonia ⓘ
Finland ⓘ
German Empire remnants ⓘ
German forces ⓘ
Latvia ⓘ
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ⓘ
linked to: Russian SFSR

Soviet Russia ⓘ
linked to: Russian SFSR

United Kingdom ⓘ
White Russian forces ⓘ
endDate 1920-02-02 ⓘ
goal establish Estonia as an independent republic ⓘ
secure Estonian sovereignty ⓘ
hasCause Bolshevik attempt to regain control of former imperial territories ⓘ
Estonian declaration of independence ⓘ
collapse of the Russian Empire ⓘ
location Baltic region ⓘ
linked to: Baltic Sea region

Estonia ⓘ
opposedBy Bolshevik government ⓘ
Soviet Russia ⓘ
linked to: Russian SFSR
partOf Russian Civil War ⓘ
peaceTreatyDate 1920-02-02 ⓘ
peaceTreatySignedWith Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ⓘ
linked to: Russian SFSR
relatedTo Latvian War of Independence ⓘ
Lithuanian Wars of Independence ⓘ
result Estonian victory ⓘ
establishment of the Republic of Estonia ⓘ
recognition of Estonian independence by Soviet Russia ⓘ
significantBattle Battle of Cēsis (1919) ⓘ
Battle of Narva (1918) ⓘ
Battle of Võnnu ⓘ
Liberation of Tartu ⓘ
linked to: Tartu Offensive
startDate 1918-11-28 ⓘ
supportedBy British Royal Navy ⓘ
linked to: Royal Navy

Danish volunteers ⓘ
Finnish volunteers ⓘ
Swedish volunteers ⓘ
White Russian Northwestern Army ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ
treaty Treaty of Tartu ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Estonian Defence Forces → historicalEvent → Estonian War of Independence ⓘ
History of Estonia → includesEvent → Estonian War of Independence ⓘ
Red Army units → conflict → Soviet–Estonian War ⓘ
linked to: Estonian War of Independence
European theatre of interwar conflicts → hasNotableConflict → Estonian War of Independence ⓘ
Rüdiger von der Goltz → conflict → Estonian War of Independence ⓘ
Konstantin Päts → participantIn → Estonian War of Independence ⓘ
interwar Republic of Estonia → war → Estonian War of Independence ⓘ
Asutav Kogu → politicalContext → Estonian War of Independence ⓘ
Viktor Kingisepp → participantIn → Estonian War of Independence ⓘ
Battle of Narva (1918) → partOf → Estonian War of Independence ⓘ
Battle of Narva (1918) → conflict → Estonian War of Independence ⓘ
Battle of Narva (1918) → theatre → Eastern Front of the Estonian War of Independence ⓘ
linked to: Estonian War of Independence
Treaty of Tartu → endedConflict → Estonian War of Independence ⓘ
Baltische Landeswehr elements → conflict → Estonian War of Independence ⓘ
Battle of Cēsis (1919) → partOf → Estonian War of Independence ⓘ
Battle of Võnnu → partOf → Estonian War of Independence ⓘ
Latvian War of Independence → relatedTo → Estonian War of Independence ⓘ
Revolutions of 1905 in Estonia → followedBy → Estonian War of Independence ⓘ
Declaration of Independence of Estonia → followedBy → Estonian War of Independence ⓘ
Declaration of Independence of Estonia → relatedEvent → Estonian War of Independence ⓘ
History of the Baltic states → includesEvent → Estonian War of Independence ⓘ