Sinimäed Hills

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Sinimäed Hills is a strategically important ridge in northeastern Estonia known as the site of intense World War II fighting, particularly the Battle of Tannenberg Line.

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Label Occurrences
Sinimäed Hills canonical 3

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Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
ridge ⓘ
associatedWith Estonian military history ⓘ
German-Soviet fighting in World War II ⓘ
attackedBy Red Army ⓘ
battle Battle of Tannenberg Line ⓘ
battleDate July–August 1944 ⓘ
commemoratedBy annual remembrance events ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Estonia ⓘ
defendedBy German Army Group Narwa ⓘ
Waffen-SS units ⓘ
linked to: Waffen-SS
elevation approximately 50 meters ⓘ
eraOfMajorEvents 1944 ⓘ
frontLine Eastern Front ⓘ
hasMilitaryCemeteries yes ⓘ
hasPart Põrguaugu Hill ⓘ
Põrguhaua Hill ⓘ
linked to: Põrguaugu Hill

Tornimägi Hill ⓘ
heritageStatus site of historical significance in Estonia ⓘ
knownFor Battle of Tannenberg Line ⓘ
intense World War II fighting ⓘ
languageOfName Estonian ⓘ
locatedIn Ida-Viru County ⓘ
northeastern Estonia ⓘ
memorial World War II memorials ⓘ
cemeteries for fallen soldiers ⓘ
nameMeaning Blue Hills ⓘ
near Narva ⓘ
Narva River ⓘ
partOf Narva front ⓘ
resultOfBattle German defensive success ⓘ
heavy casualties on both sides ⓘ
strategicImportance controls approaches to Narva ⓘ
controls routes toward Tallinn ⓘ
dominates surrounding flat terrain ⓘ
terrain series of low hills ⓘ
timeZone Eastern European Time ⓘ
tourism battlefield tourism site ⓘ
usedAs defensive line ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Battle of Tannenberg Line → location → Sinimäed Hills ⓘ
Grenadier Hill → locatedOn → Sinimäed Hills ⓘ
Battle of the Sinimäed Hills → locatedIn → Sinimäed Hills ⓘ