Estonian War of Independence animated

Estonian War of Independence (1918-1920) took place in the aftermath of the Great War. Republics of Estonia and Latvia seek to become independent states and have to oppose the Bolsheviks who want to make them part of Soviet Russia. Meanwhile Germany seeks to expand its influence in the region relying on the Freikorps and the local Baltic German nobility and the White Russian forces prepare to capture Petrograd - the former capital of Russia and to overthrow the Bolsheviks.
Patreon: / eastory
Unit symbols:
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00:17 - Lenin speaking on the Red Square. 24. May 1919. ERAF.2.1.3156.1
00:23 - The flag of the Russian Battalion of Death. Henryk Mościcki.Jan Cynarski "Historia XX wieku" (History of XX c.) Warszawa 1934. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_m...
02:55 - Armoured train infantry company. 1919. EAA.2073.2.14.1
03:11 - Soldiers in trenches on the Southern Front, autumn 1919. EAA.2281.1.27.24p.135
07:20 - Machine gunners on the Southern Front, autumn 1919. EAA.2281.1.27.13.69
07:48 - Soldiers advancing on the Southern Front, autumn 1919. EAA.2281.1.27.23p.127
08:25 - Soldiers on the Southern Front, autumn 1919. EAA.2281.1.27.17p.91
09:38 - Leaders of the Northwestern Army, summer 1919. ERA.4996.1.387.34
11:01 - Russian White troops disembarking in Pskov, probably May 1919. ERA.4996.1.265.34
12:23 - Stormtroopers of the Baltic Landeswehr. 1919. ERA.1298.1.461.18
13:27 - Peace talks between the Estonians and the Germans. EAA.5166.1.137.61
16:26 - Civilian volunteers digging trenches on the Southern Front. 1919. EAA.2281.1.27.32p.182
17:00 - Jaan Poska signing the Treaty of Tartu. 02.02.1920. EAA.2113.1.15.79
This video was created by using the assets from another video, that was funded by the Estonian War Museum.
Sources for unit symbols:
Kuperjanov Partisan Battalion, Kalevlaste maleva, Sakala Partisan Battalion, Scouts Battalion, Ingrian Battalion - Vabadussõja Ajaloo komitee, "Eesti Vabadussõda. 1918-1920" II osa, Mats, Tallinn, 1997, lk 471
Pohjan Pojat Regiment - author Krizzu. fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pohjan_...
Iron Division - author MrPenguin20. et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rauddiv...
Baltic Landeswehr - author Carport et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rauddiv...
Russian White Forces in Latvia - Flag of a West Russian Volonteer Army - author MrPenguin20. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Ru...
Latvian Valmiera and Cēsis Regiments - source: uniformologija.lv/raksts/vidze...
Devastation and Revenge Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Prelude and Action Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Nerves Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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[@rykkiee]

-90% Division Organization in Non-Core Territory +75% Division Attack in Core Territory +75% Division Defense in Core Territory

[@parrygardner5659]

bruh

[@DanksterPaws]

Lmao better stay in core territory

[@joemama-pz9sr]

what hoi4 mod is this

[@saans8608]

V Can have volunteer s

[@exantiuse497]

Sounds underpowered

[@wouterlahousse9637]

What does your army lack? Germany: oil. France: manpower. Netherlands: industrial capacity. Russia: logistical support. Estonia: WiLL tO FiGhT AbROaD.

[@theorivaux4499]

France is military command

[@ComradeHellas]

Hahahahaha

[@dutch__]

... fair enough

[@Pilot3778]

Germany lacks oil, manpower, logistical support, and industrial capacity

[@spacechannel1347]

@Jasper Klee lol

[@laughable6650]

Soviets: *attempt to set up a defense* Estonia: amphibious invasion Soviets: *retreat and set up a new even more formidable defense* Estonia: AMPHIBIOUS INVASION Soviets: *retreat to an impassable defensive line* Estonia: *A M P H I B I O U S I N V A S I O N*

[@ComradeHellas]

Royal Britannia rules the waves doesn't it

[@heikkisallinen9012]

And Estonians shall never be slaves

[@ComradeHellas]

@@heikkisallinen9012 they would be if NATO decided to take a walk.

[@TheKingpool7]

@@ComradeHellas first I die. Then I don't care anymore.

[@ComradeHellas]

@@TheKingpool7 That's quite an edgy take, but I respect your decision to give your life.

[@sampletext3742]

Ethiopia: **defeats Italy** Estonia: hold my beer

[@The_Borisaurus]

Kvass*

[@arianas0714]

Baltic states and Poland: Not today, commie

[@Sheyl3319]

I would say that Ethiopia's position was way worst and it is them that should hold the beer. - No foreign support - Enemy enjoys technological advantage - Enemy air superiority Meanwhile, Estonia - Red Army units fighting throughout Russia - Is deemed unimportant - Foreign support, including German and British - Technological superiority. And let us not forget Italy wasn't fighting like 10 other nations in the form of volunteers here, shall we. The commie did

[@alpinefolkman]

@@Sheyl3319 I'm not so sure over that "air superiority" bit. The First Italo-Ethiopian War was fought before the invention of planes.

[@kaloyandraganov9462]

@@Sheyl3319 Air superiority in the 19th century?No foreign support? They were armed by the Russia and France. Also the technological gap between the italian soldiers there and the ethiopian was very light, the italians had better artillery but the ethiopians had 4x more soldiers so there is nothing outstanding about their victory

[@LMvdB02]

This made me patriotic for a country that I'm not even a citizen of.

[@andrewrice1818]

Bro Same

[@ajmeipalu1051]

Let me guess, Danish?

[@LMvdB02]

Aj Meipalu nope and wtf?

[@ajmeipalu1051]

Scandinavia

[@hanslarda9677]

he's from the netherlands you american fuckwit

[@jiainsf]

very detailed troop movements :o

[@kevinqueen6246]

139 Russins disliked this video!

[@piraat6666]

Russian whites fought together with Estonians against communists.

[@Justin.Martyr]

*VoJo* . No Reason for Estonians to Love this VID!!!*

[@anophenis2787]

You are the biggest idiot ever russians fought with estonians against communists till they failed

[@livonianmapping3221]

cup ur totaly right 😉 im from Latvia and of course i liked this vid 😁

[@xxangeliccutie7686]

Forever thankful for our Finnish brothers for always helping us out. If any Finnish people read this, just know Estonia stands with you, and we will always be there for you. I would fight for Finland just like it’s own country 🇪🇪❤️🇫🇮 love you Finnish people

[@franklinklinton5254]

А про белых забыл

[@CumcastNewsNetwork]

@@franklinklinton5254 I don't speak barbarian.

[@franklinklinton5254]

@@CumcastNewsNetwork well, well, you won’t understand what we are talking about, but I can easily

[@CumcastNewsNetwork]

@@franklinklinton5254 Да ну? Думаю пойму.

[@franklinklinton5254]

@@CumcastNewsNetwork говорил шо не можешь, вот ты и попался

[@DaavySnow]

As a Latvian, with passion for history, this really surprised me with the amount of details that i didn't yet know about my own country!! Thank you

[@kwt8371]

@Ugandan Commando There are parts with Latvia

[@Blenderis123]

Find "Latvijas Atbrīvošanas kaŗa vēsture" parts I and II by General Mārtiņš Peniķis. I think they're also avaliable digitally for free. Incredibly detailed history of Latvian War of Independence and superb summaries of political and social situation.

[@thesnooper1431]

@@Blenderis123 Sveiks! Vari iedot linku šīm grāmatām? Pamēģināju pameklēt, bet neko neatradu.

[@thesnooper1431]

@@Blenderis123 Paldies!

[@gunarsmiezis9321]

@@Blenderis123 "ŗ"?

[@thorholting1299]

Also two hundred danish volunteers helped estonia

[@thorholting1299]

Thanks

[@cath_innit4153]

The dains got their flag from a lost fight with Estonia -half estonian with history knowledge

[@mathiaslambing9112]

Yes, they were actually helpful unlike sweds.

[@piraat6666]

This should be shown in Estonian schools, I never knew that Estonians together with Russian whites almost conquered St. Petersburg.

[@topcheats7570]

Estonia betrayed the Russians who fought for it.After the failed second campaign on Petrograd, the Estonian government did not allow the remnants of the white army to enter its territory, condemning them to death.

[@TheKingpool7]

@@MrDaNewb Ei tekkinud seal mingit pöörangut. Eestlased lõpetasid nende toetamise kuna Vene valged keeldusid meie iseseisvust toetamast ning soovisid Eestit omale. Pole nagu mõtt rästikut rinnal soojendada.

[@TheKingpool7]

@@topcheats7570 You are wrong. We did not betray you. We told you that we want our independence. You refused. There was no more reason to help you. We did not like you. No difference if red or white. We wanted freedom and you wanted us as part of your Empire. Just like Germans. We hated them even more then we hated you. 1940 changed our hatred from Germans to you.

[@topcheats7570]

​@@TheKingpool7 Well, this is what happened to you 20 years later, and you still returned to Russia.

[@TheKingpool7]

@@topcheats7570 thankfully we got chance to fix it 50 years later. Now we do our best to keep it that way.

[@tymcio11]

Im Pole and in our (or at least my) History book were only few sentences about baltic war of independence. I'm glad YT provided me with this very informative video

[@egertroos]

Greetings from Estonia. You fought the asiatic red russian horde like we did

[@markoshristovski5275]

This is bassicaly the highest quality content you could find on youtube

[@dexsterkevin80]

epic history tv, historymarche and kings and generals

[@cocotaveras8975]

@@dexsterkevin80 Don’t forget the armchair historian. Even if I wouldn’t rate him on the level of these three, I still think he produces excellent visual graphics and superb commentary.

[@Patrikv303]

@@dexsterkevin80 LEMMiNO aswell

[@lee7956]

... and now it's been four years since this channel's last video. 🙃

[@thegovernmentoftajikistan7841]

@@lee7956 at the moment when you commented it, last video was posted 2 months ago

[@Sam-iu8nb]

Love the animations and level of detail. The amount of movement of the fronts in such a short time is baffling. In the UK, our schools teach us about the stagnant northern parts of the western front 1914-'18, giving us next to no idea of the conflicts in the wider world and the years following. Hope to see you with 100k subs by the end of the year, so I can say "I was there in the beginning!"

[@Sam-iu8nb]

What's copied?

[@fanstar141]

Sam it is a translation/narration of an Estonian video. Edit: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYDci35vg62ajc0

[@kingchannel146]

does it really matter lol it's good and its translated

[@kurja77]

sounds like the same guy reading the english text, most likely it is an international version of that channel, not unauthorized copying

[@sahararaptor7600]

Fanstar1 Gaming He's the same guy.... can you copy yourself

[@Untitled-188]

We helped estonia in this war and estonia helped us in winter war

[@JabuLICORNE]

What Estonia did in Winter War ?

[@zaikolebolsh5724]

I'm curious about this too

[@iff666]

Over 1000 estonians fight in winter war.

[@user-py1bu8lf6b]

а что ж эстонцы в 1944-ом не помогли сражаться против падающего Вермахта?

[@iff666]

@@user-py1bu8lf6b 50 000 estonian soldiers were forced to fight in red army, dont ask stupid questions. Estonia lost 25% populatsion in ww2. And all we got whas Soviet occupation.

[@Giorgi.Koberidze]

I travel a lot, because of a job and because I also love to travel. But Estonia was different. I almost never met such humble and kind people, with such warmth. Some suggested that they are cold or timid, but in my experience, Estonians are hospitable and very kind People with such a great and complicated history. Respect from Georgia / Gruusia.

[@kullulillu]

What a good man you are! Love from Estonia 🇪🇪!

[@lilithdandelion6177]

Thank you so much for valueing my parents' home country.

[@Sinivaal]

if you respect us most of us respect you back

[@legoproducts12]

Im finnish and i have to say estonia. My bro. Good you have freedom

[@janusceasar7851]

Wow. I am actually rooting for Estonian and I am not even a citizen, everytime Estonian force lose their ground I began to wince in fear.

[@lilithdandelion6177]

I'm feeling like this, my whole family came from Estonia, both parents, but I was born in Germany.

[@livethefuture2492]

This victory, albeit great for estonia at the time, would only be a phyrric victory that wouldnt last. For less than 20 years...unfortunately. 15:50 It was a critical error not to have supported and pushed the advantage the whites had and take petrograd. It may have weakened the bolshevik position significantly in favor of the whites. Imagine what a difference a Single well equipped French, British or American division might have made at this critical juncture. If the entente countries had made a concerted effort to defeat the reds when they had the chance, much would have been different to the benefit of eastern Europe and the world. Communism may have been finished right there and then. But unfortunately that is not what happened, and this small victory would only remain a phyrric victory as the Soviets would over the next 2 decades gradually gain total supremacy and domination over all of eastern Europe and indeed half the world. the iron curtain and the veil of communism would descend over half the world.

[@georgeousthegorgeous]

@@livethefuture2492 It doesn't matter what flag Russia would be under, the baltic states along with Poland would have been subjugated regardless. Then a Cold war between the US and Russia would commence just for economical reasons.

[@tormfury7376]

@@livethefuture2492 Pyrrhic victory - a success that brings such significant harm to the victor that it differs little from defeat. This was not one of those. You, sir, need to work on your understanding of the vocabulary you use. Estonia lost little and gained a whole lot in this war, first among those being statehood, something the people of Estonia had never had before, as when they were first subjugated to foreign power through the northern crusades 700 years prior they had been little more than loosely aligned groups of finnic tribes. Much the same can be said about the Latvians, with the difference that they were baltic rather than finnic. Secondly, RSFSR was forced to absolve all of Imperial Russian debt and to pay Estonians an awful lot of gold on top of that. Thirdly RSFSR had to make further concessions relating to land and forest exploitation and construction of infrastructure. Now, I can see why you might consider it a critical error for the rest of the world that the whites were not supported in taking Petrograd. However it was most certainly NOT an error from the point of view of the Baltic states. In fact, this is precisely why Estonia REFUSED to contribute more forces towards that undertaking and rushed towards making peace ASAP (to the chagrin of most of Entente), and rather than Leon Trotsky being a beast organizing defense, there was simply no motivation to achieve success. The officers in the white movement were mostly great russian chauvinists. The separatists were convinced that if the whites were successful in taking Petrograd and with that greatly increased the morale of the entire white movement, and with that possibly being propelled to winning the civil war... then the people seeking independence would have NEVER been allowed to remain free. Yes, the Northern Core/Northwestern Army had signed an agreement to not pursue such an eventuality.. however russians were about as trustworthy back then as they are now. Furthermore the white movement was loosely aligned and didn't have a real leader. Northwestern Army was but a small fraction of the whites, and agreements signed by them wouldn't have mattered to others. Add to this that the separatist would have had no help from the Entente, even if it would have meant weakening Russia for some time, as all of those were imperialist colonial powers - rather than helping, and through doing so fostering thoughts of independence in their own colonial subjects, they would have sympathized with the whites instead. And while the independence of Estonia and Latvia before being illegally occupied didn't last an awful long, it laid the groundwork for working towards regaining independence and further legitimized it. Without having this victory and without having a memory of ever being independent they would have ended up like all the other ethnic minority republics, very much stuck with russia, being used as the source of cheap cannon fodder for the front lines while their culture and identity are being erased - or like Chechnya. As pointed out before, the white movement was headed by great russian chauvinists. Much like the russia of today, waging its bullshit special education operation in Ukraine. Whether communism were defeated there makes no difference for Eastern Europe, because it wouldn't have defeated russian imperialism. They'd have continued to be expansionist, and would have made much the same conclusions about the state of their infrastructure and industrialization as the commies did. So instead of the Soviet Union the nazies would have clashed with imperial russia. And while the fighting over the spread of communism all over the world has been the source of much human suffering, consider this - without an anathema in the Soviet Union and the arms race against it and the many many conflicts over communism we potentially wouldn't have the USA of today with all of its military might and expertise, while we would potentially have a much stronger russia staring down the rest of the world. And that would be a russia without its current corruption problem, as much of the way it is corrupt today directly stems from the mindset people developed in the Soviet Union.

[@Sinivaal]

@@georgeousthegorgeous id rather be subjugated by a power that does not deport innocent women children and elderly and men to consetration camps. AND I know you want to say they were apart from the SS

[@Prunella304]

There were Finnish, Swedish and Danish volunteers in the Estonian War of Independence. We can't forget about them

[@josephujoostaa4462]

Luminelle He didnt forget about the Finns

[@kiankier7330]

but he forget about the Danish-Baltic Auxiliary Corps

[@bummerdrummer1649]

Nope. He had some troop flags that were shields with the danish flag on them. He didn't forget them, he just didn't mention them.

[@madshagen5849]

That wasn`t the Danish flag. As you can see from the unit description from the link in the description it is the shield of the Talinn Defence Battalion: drive.google.com/file/d/1h03bzTXRMJmfoF78ExFizBjfPsGRzrLB/view However, there is a good reason for your confusion. "Talinn" in fact means "The Danes City" and the Danish flag actually derives from the Danish crusades against the pagans in Estonia in the beginning of the 13th century. Legend has it that the Danish flag ("Dannebrog") fell from the sky during a battle close to modern day Talinn, and it has been our flag ever since. As you can see here Talinn shares various coats of arms with us Danish due to that: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Tallinn

[@Happy-cn9vt]

thank you for your 200 volunteers, we are glad to have fought the red menace with our northern brothers

[@AatiNiiranen]

Imagine having enough forces to cover the entire front properly. This post was made by the 1919 estonia and 1939 finland

[@estoniandude]

estonia 2023:

[@jacobr8063]

I’m an American, but I have nothing but respect for Estonia.

[@dasboot5903]

Amen.

[@daniiltimin5396]

unfortunately, this victory was screwed by military dictatorship and in 1940 the country fell into soviet hands without resistance

[@frehnibabulno8870]

vietnam

[@cath_innit4153]

Americans know of Estonia!??!!!?

[@deanrichardson5944]

@@cath_innit4153 Of course Americans know of Estonia ... it will be the battlefield in the next European war. Take a look at those uniforms of Estonian military - it says Estonia in English, not Eesti in Estonian.

[@ignacyp8281]

Well done, you fought well and bravely, you deserved your victory 🇪🇪

[@natteft6593]

Who? Russian White Army or Germans?

[@pablothecat1405]

Nat Teft Estonians

[@Pilligrimm]

@@pablothecat1405 боюсь, без помощи немцев и белой армии, эстония была бы поглощена советской республикой

[@pablothecat1405]

@@Pilligrimm translate please, i dont understand russian.

[@Pilligrimm]

@@pablothecat1405 if germany and white army forces dont support to estonian army, thay give up

[@PrusaksJr]

As a latvian we were never told most of this stuff about Latvia in our history class. We were told that latvians managed to defeat russians and germans on our own without help from estonia and lithuania. We were never told that we were allies with germans at the start as well. Very interesting, thank you very much.

[@0Letten0]

man gan mācija

[@Blenderis123]

Recently Estonian contribution in Cēsu kaujas has been broadly discussed and talked about. They did save our asses there. Western Allies also helped a lot with our War of Independence. Latvia was really unlucky with being the front line of the First World war so, in many cases, we did face a lot more problems than Estonia. Still, I remember my history books did mention Estonian help :D

[@gunarsmiezis9321]

Kas tev mācīja vēsturi? Man jebkurš ģimenes loceklis tev varētu to pastāstīt. Kad Estory saka ka igauņi aizgāja līdz Daugavai viņš runā mazliet neprecīzi, patiesībā igauņi negribēja karot Latvijā, tie Igaunijas armijas karavīri kas aizgāja līdz Jēkabpilij bija lielākoties latvieši, tikai bruņuvilcieni bija pilni ar igauņiem.

[@Blenderis123]

@@gunarsmiezis9321 Par Daugavu es neko neesmu teicis, tomēr Cēsu kaujas, principā, bija Igauņu nopelns. Kā arī " bruņuvilcieni bija pilni ar igauņiem" tāpat ir Igauņu vienības. Tobiš igauņi tāpat līdz Daugavai nonāca :D Vēsturi skolā tik sīki nemāca. Zinu cik esmu pats kaut kur atradis un citur komentāros minētās grāmatas. Diemžēl, par igauņiem ļoti maz zinu un nevaru spriest par Igauņu vienībām pie Daugavas. Ātri "ieguglējot" atradu šīs liecības: www.dveseluputenis.lv/lv/laika-skala/notikums/122/igaunu-atbalsts-un-parmerigas-prasibas/ www.la.lv/si-diena-vesture-76 Pieņemu, ka Estory ir par pamatu ņēmis Igauņu literatūru līdz ar to labāk zina, kuras tieši vienības tobrīd !varēja! atrasties katrā frontes daļā. Un "ģimenes loceklis" ir, atvainojos, diezgan sūdgīs arguments :D

[@gunarsmiezis9321]

@@Blenderis123 "tomēr Cēsu kaujas, principā, bija Igauņu nopelns. Kā arī " bruņuvilcieni bija pilni ar igauņiem" tāpat ir Igauņu vienības." Jā, 100% patiesi. "Tobiš igauņi tāpat līdz Daugavai nonāca" es nesaku ka viņi nenonāca es tikai saku ka viņi bija mazākums no karavīriem tik tālu uz Dienvidiem. " Vēsturi skolā tik sīki nemāca." Mans skolotājs mācija. "Pieņemu, ka Estory ir par pamatu ņēmis Igauņu literatūru līdz ar to labāk zina, kuras tieši vienības tobrīd !varēja! atrasties katrā frontes daļā." Viņš dāņu brīvprātīgos kas karoja Igaunijas armijā nosauca par Igaunijas spēkiem tāpēc es nešaubos ka viņš to pašu izdarīja arī latviešiem. "Un "ģimenes loceklis" ir, atvainojos, diezgan sūdgīs arguments :D" Atļaušos tev nepiekrist. Es viņam teicu ka ja viņš nezina ka igauņi mums palīdzēja brīvības cīņās viņam ir zināma mazāk vēsture kā jebkuram manā ģimenē. Otrkārt mana ir karavīru dzimta, iet karot un nest slavu ir manējo vīru pienākums, un katrs no viņiem arī var pastāstīt par savām karagaitām.

[@arthurmorgan384]

Estonia🇪🇪 our little brother 🇫🇮❤🇪🇪

[@JustStupa]

Arthur Morgan little brother... little brother

[@johannessiska2956]

@DelicEdit tf did you just say?

[@benjeiy7347]

@@johannessiska2956 Nordic brothers and Baltic sisters.

[@johannessiska2956]

@DelicEdit in countryball animations but not in real life

[@johannessiska2956]

@DelicEdit now they do

[@McRocket]

What a fantastic story!!! I knew NOTHING of this - so the outcome was unknown to me. And it was back and forth and the graphics were fantastic (as was the commentary). And I LOVE that little Estonia (with help) fought off HUGE Russia. Thank you VERY much for this video.

[@Mallianor]

*fired in civil war huge Russia)

[@ugandanwarrior5657]

" little Estonia (with help) fought off HUGE Russia." Wrong. Russians were fighting other Russians.

[@mareksicinski3726]

@@Mallianor Fired? What are you trying to say friend, are you salty about loss? You unknwoingly parrot an old propaganda line- there were no other wars, jsut the russian civilw ar! Dude, you cannot accept failure or incompetence in russian state-aligned forces ever? Whatever kind of historical arrogance do they teach in Russian schools? Ofcourse, 'glorious imperial past' and such

[@mareksicinski3726]

@@ugandanwarrior5657 Correct, Estonians and others as well as other Russians were fighting Russians

[@livethefuture2492]

This victory, albeit great for estonia at the time, would only be a phyrric victory that wouldnt last. For less than 20 years...unfortunately. 15:50 It was a critical error not to have supported and pushed the advantage the whites had and take petrograd. It may have weakened the bolshevik position significantly in favor of the whites. Imagine what a difference a Single well equipped French, British or American division might have made at this critical juncture. If the entente countries had made a concerted effort to defeat the reds when they had the chance, much would have been different to the benefit of eastern Europe and the world. Communism may have been finished right there and then. But unfortunately that is not what happened, and this small victory would only remain a phyrric victory as the Soviets would over the next 2 decades gradually gain total supremacy and domination over all of eastern Europe and indeed half the world. the iron curtain and the veil of communism would descend over half the world.

[@Kissamiess]

From Finnish point of view, this was the most successful of the Heimosodat, a series of military expeditions by volunteer Finns to help other Finnic people attain their freedom. It's a shame they didn't fare as well in Karelia.

[@turkoositerapsidi]

Kissamies - Kyllä se toimi osassa Itä-Karjalaa, ainakin hetkenaikaa, väestö kannatti Venäjästä irtautumista, mutta neukut eivät suostuneet aluksi rauhaan, no Petsamo saatiin siitä, että Porajärvi, Repola ja Kirjalo jäivät neukkulaisille.

[@Kissamiess]

Yeah, no objections to that. I'm just fascinated by these expeditions because I didn't learn about them at school. They were considered shameful offensive actions at the time and probably still are by some circles. Also, I maintain that it would have been better for the East Karelians to either have independence or be part of Finland than be in Soviet Union. Poor Ingrians too, but those guys had even less of a chance.

[@turkoositerapsidi]

Mstislaw AA - The Finnish in Heimosodat were volunteers, not conscriped by the army of country. I bet that the Russian Whites were not all there by volunteering. Or were they? And also, Mannerheim did have (in 1919) a plan to help out Russian whites against kommunist by helping them to capture Petrograd if Ru-whites would have agreed on Suomis (Finlands) independence. And remember that the Russian whites did lost the Ruski Civil war.

[@markustambet4098]

Kissamies finnish and other volunteers, aswell as the equipment and vehicles were vital to our success

[@DrCruel]

Marxism in general, and Bolshevism in particular, was a tragedy for all of humanity.

[@NeepsHD212]

Love estonia, from argentina.

[@gotem5442]

Your name reminds me of something......... YANCE!!!!!!

[@altiris6874]

We need a game based on these Baltic wars... (verdun devs pls)

[@kaloyandraganov9462]

So basically Verdun but with different skins

[@karlisulmanis3810]

You can try HOI4's "The Great War REDUX" mod, which has a 1919 start date, it's quite interesting and fun..

[@richmont9557]

@ъыъ i might try to do that one day

[@tankart3645]

There's a Estonian map in battlefield 1, but no one ever plays it, because it's too complex.

[@saulgoodmansentme1992]

@@tankart3645 no there isn't lmao

[@kr1nson]

My grand grand father and his brother fought for Estonian independence! I am proud !

[@TheLanttulaatikko]

Greetings from finland, i dropped a few tears as I watched this

[@Eastory]

Greetings from Estonia!

[@user-rr9ng9bo9l]

lol pussy

[@crystxlzx6442]

Greetings from Britian

[@georgiaosullivan3314]

Oltermanni too bad Finland helped the nazis don’t know why they’re hailed as heroes.

[@bigyoshiofficial]

Eastory same

[@ArenBerberian]

Well done Estonia, Taking on the Soviets and Germans like that, cant believe ive never heard of this before.

[@Seba-jk9un]

aren berberian Surely Estonians fought their own war which they successfully won, but would the Poles have lost the main war with the Soviets then the Estonians and other Baltic states would have not won their independence, as they were only a region in the Soviet Union before and would not have been able to fight the Soviets if those weren’t fully concentrated in the west. They therefore relied greatly on how well the war was going for their allies outside of their country

[@f.c.laukhard3623]

Well, fighting the Germans did not mean fighting against regular German army troops. The German troops in Latvia were volunteers and since the political situation in Germany was not so clear at the time as well, the commander of the troops did not have full backing of the German government for everything he did. Some insane long-term goal of those troops was even to be prepared to join in a retaking of Germany itself and overthrowing the post-war government. So basically a German equivalent for the Russian White Army with the goal to reestablish monarchy.

[@MegaBrainHunter]

F.C. Laukhard now listen here,you can talk all the smack that you want about how the germans or soviets could have crushed the estonians if they really tried,but they fucking didn't so it doesn't matter that maybe they could have. We estonians fought our war and won it and we will forever be proud about it

[@f.c.laukhard3623]

Hej Martin, I am sorry that you felt that I somehow tried to diminish the Estonian success. In fact, I did not say that the Germans would have crushed the Estonians if they tried, my point was more that the German government did not even necessarily WANT to crush the Estonians. I just wanted to clarify the facts and if that somehow came out the wrong way, I am sorry. I did not mean it the way you understood me but seeing as a lot of people on youtube do like to talk smack, I can totally understand how you might think that but again, I think at that time, even regular troops would probably not have been quite successful because the Germans did not have that many anyways (remember after WWI the German Army was limited to 100.000 soldiers and also had restrictions to equipment. Additionally, Estonia was not easily reachable for supplies from Germany and Germany had bigger problems at the time). So I am perfectly fine with saying that I think the Estonians would have been able to overcome even regular troops. I hope you see now that it was merely to clarify things that I wrote what I wrote and of course you should be proud of your ancestors risking a lot and succeeding albeit not for very long until the Soviets occupied you for a longer time. But the way you broke away from the Soviet Union was also very impressive (well, I did not know it at the time for I was just born but I have visited the Lauluväljak when I traveled your beautiful country and liked country and people very much). So stay proud and for now, enjoy your weekend. ;)

[@MegaBrainHunter]

F.C. Laukhard Thank you for the kind response and clarification. I am sorry if i came off a bit rude,but lots of keyboard warriors try and talk down the success of our boys and i thought you were another one so I became slightly aggressive. The germans didn't indeed try their best to get at us,but even if they did come with bigger forces I think that we would have had a big shot at winning since hundreds of years of serfdom and rule by the germans really cultivated in our blood so when we finally got the chance to fight back and really let 'em have it,even old men rushed over to fight. It was an oppurtunity of a life time for most folks. I remember reading about a comment made by one british naval officer(the brits supplied us with weapons and protected us at sea) that despite their help,without a fighting spirit,we would have lost the war regardless. Where are you from anyway?

[@quaishan5628]

This video has made Estonia one of my favorite countries and boosted my respect for them through the roof

[@kye6375]

5:25 *Teleports behind you* Nothing personal kid...

[@christophe5756]

Thank you for this! Americans aren’t taught any of the complexities of Eastern Europe. Your video was a great education in itself.

[@kaz_augustus]

Even tho it's northern

[@The_whales]

Only major events in Eastern Europe at that time was the independence wars, the Bolsheviks invading Belarus and Ukraine, and also them almost winning against Poland then suddenly failing

[@markromman3846]

I watched this again this evening to commemorate Estonia's independence exactly 103 years ago. This is a brilliantly done program. Thank you.🇪🇪🇺🇲

[@kulnokaiklem]

Еstonia the Baltic Tiger , Estonia Travel Documentary by Lucas T. Jahn , Bald and Bankrupt Eastonia , Varlamov Эстония ( English subtitles there). Offseason Estonian Islands Vladimir Gavrilov - these are great movies about Estonia in YuuTuube.

[@markromman3846]

@@kulnokaiklem I watched Bald and Bankrupt on his visit to Estonia. I don't believe it was one of his best, and actually not entertaining. I'll check out some of the others. Thank you.

[@samirantanen707]

Ha, didn't know that. No wonder I get to brawl every time I drink Saarenmaa vodka! Hello from Finland.

[@rapator9270]

It would be Ott Tänak aura. Because his Saarlane.

[@qwineth]

Bloody hell, this is the first time I really got a good idea of the Estonian War of Independence, such a many sided conflict! Great that us northern brothers could help a bit!

[@slicemf5347]

Because it is a part of Russian Civil War. Attempts to represent it as a separate conflict is as ridiculouse as to cut some random south state of Unated States during US Civil War. and portray it as ucuppied by North. Entante joined Civil War end used it to cut Russia in pieces. To a day US officially claims that Siberia is independent territorry occupied by Russia. Clowns.

[@slicemf5347]

@Egert Roos I can`t say, really. Did it achieved its purpose? Did it became independant? Any reasonable action started from purpose, then a tools to achieve this purpose, then correction with outcome and than curcle connects untill purpose reached. I believe, Estonian people(as any other in any other time) just wanted their culture to be preserved and developed, have freedoms and improvement of life. Nothing new. The question is, how it can be achieved the best way possible. By Agressive actions toward empire that conquered them centuries ago, using moment of of this empire weakness? Maybe it was indeed a best way, but history proved, it not worked. They left only when empire itself let them go. Here in Russia, we have more than 100 nations inside.They are both included into country and have their cultures preserved. This is a bad way for them? They are enslaved? I not say Estonians were wrong in their desires. But MAYBE they choosed a wrong tools to achieve them. Mongolia stayed independant untill USSR destruction. Tuva joined USSR in 1946 only. In a really peacful lway. They were a Puppet States? Estonia was not? Or had a different pupeteers? Fight for independance can have different forms. I believe, hostility toward USSR were not a best policies for Poland and Baltia republics. I believe they become hostile, because untill late 193s they saw USSR as an easy pray. Otherwise invasion of Finnish troops in USSR in 192s not seems as sane move. I bet Mannerham was not insane. So, returning to You question, I would say - estonians fought for their indepandance in a wrong way. In a suicidal way. It was not rational.

[@oojaa2]

@@slicemf5347 Estonia chose the right way. Bolshevik power grab in October 1917 was illegal, therefore Soviet Russia lacked legal continuity with the Russian Empire. While Finland and Estonia retained regional legal continuity with the Russian Empire. Thus Finland and Estonia are a bit like Taiwan, with the difference that it didn't host the imperial government (which Taiwan did).

[@slicemf5347]

@@oojaa2 I like talks about legality from side that commits crimes itselth first. Like if febraury revolution was legal. Viborg massakre probably also was legal. Or intervention into Russia in 1920 with "volunteers" was legal. Hypocricy as a cultural tradition...

[@Leadmetal300]

Im from LTU, and I did not known that Estonia kicked so much red ass back in the day. Nice work neighbor.

[@visiblechunk]

Defiantly impressive, shows how strong their fighting spirit was. But let’s also not forget the Soviets didn’t have their main forces there. These were soviet supporters. The Reds were still trying to take Russia and majority of its forces were still fighting in Russia. The Soviets biggest mistake was trying to conquer 15 countries at once.

[@overlordberlin8409]

Matas Laužadis finished wiping restrooms?

[@shadowace7560]

Hi im estonian youre neighbour

[@user-sr6pi5lp3q]

@@overlordberlin8409 katsap?

[@nooblord1233]

Labas Comrade

[@fanstar141]

you deserve much much more subs, I have subbed and will love to see more videos.

[@hazzmati]

are you chile or texas?

[@lemerkin3633]

Hazzmati that is Texas, coming from a Texan

[@johannarivers57]

Wow, I appreciate this video so much! My great grandfather fought with/in the Kalevlaste Maleva. It was so cool to see their insignia here and imagine where he might have fought. I don't know exactly where he was mobilised (eastern front or Latvian side) but regardless, this video helped make my personal history more vivid! Thanks 👍

[@smokedsalmon3907]

I'm Latvian, this was super interesting.

[@rajonciks8277]

opa

[@Ashley-hh3zl]

Thanks for the upload in English, this is actually quite interesting to watch and listen to. I can't wait for more videos from you, they seem to be extensive and well done, a truly talented content creator on KZbin, I'll definitely make sure to show my friends this video!

[@Eastory]

Thanks! I am happy you liked it and I appreciate the support. This channel really need some views! I will try to post a video a month in the future.

[@sahararaptor7600]

Eastory Are you the estonian guy? I saw the Estonian guy and your voices are pretty similar.

[@Sinivaal]

@@sahararaptor7600 he is his estonian channel is Ajalugu oskariga

[@jangelbrich7056]

This was the most detailed animated war-map explanations I have ever seen so far! Excellent!

[@BodyCounter]

This was a magnificently made video as I really needed this information. Thank you Eastory :)

[@larsdodenhoffer5211]

Greetings to the citizens of Rakvere from Lütjenburg, Germany.

[@saslykasLT]

I have always been interested in Estonian war of independence, that was very informative video. Greetings from Lithuania.

[@vanekbeduardthefirst1206]

Happy 100th Birthday, Estonia!

[@istomol]

Thank you

[@Carewolf]

Next year

[@mightyelf2660]

Estonians don't fight like heroes. Heroes fight like estonians.

[@sisyphusvasilias3943]

On both sides and with only when supported by multiple other armies.

[@giorgijioshvili9713]

@@sisyphusvasilias3943 cope

[@bimblinghill]

These are outstandingly detailed and well-presented videos. Very well done!

[@imperialunity4804]

Brilliant animation! I love your attention to detail and this has taught me something that I never would have known about - how complex the Estonian War of Independence really was!

[@notbad7490]

I must say, watching these historical and informative videos helps to better understand what truly happened in the northern European theater. Thanks.

[@albertvalentinovichan9921]

This work really needs great effort and patient, I appreciate that. Thank you!

[@society2158]

Estonia is a great nation. I really love this part of history where the New independent nations have to repel the red army with funky bamboozle tactics

[@user-et3zf6pe4d]

Fought the white army and not Estonia, more than that Estonia then betrayed the white army and condemned to death

[@user-et3zf6pe4d]

@EpicForce It’s just that you were born cowards and fled, leaving the white army to the mercy of fate, then you were afraid of the consequences and blocked the retreat of the white army

[@user-et3zf6pe4d]

@EpicForce Which was drained and without supply

[@user-et3zf6pe4d]

@EpicForce What independence? Russia bought these lands from Sweden for a lot of money, according to all world rules and laws this is the property of Russia, while no one has compensated for the losses.

[@user-et3zf6pe4d]

@EpicForce September 21, 1721 Nistadt peace treaty, Russia paid Sweden for Livonia and Estonia monetary compensation and returned to Finland.

[@JHsillypantsMcGee]

This was really well done. Waiting for the next one!

[@WolfJustWolf]

This war is something i was never taught in school. Thank you for sharing the history of your nation. It was a very interesting video.

[@smithers4420]

I Worked in the British NSE (National support element) In Kabul, Afghanistan. It was an office building with about 15 different offices and a hundred or so staff inside. An an Estonian officer called Gustav would often come into my office to use the spare computer I had. One day I asked him, "Where actually is the Estonian NSE, why do you need to come here to use the computer?" to which he replied "I am the Estonian NSE" 😂

[@danielwebb4713]

One of my fave videos 👍👍👍 pls continue to do them, they are great 😀

[@hamilkarbarkas800]

Great Work, I am from Poland and i am very thankfully about information about your country - goood work :D

[@softiasjad1858]

Is there something similar presentation about Polish history?

[@hamilkarbarkas800]

Are you ask about polish-soviet war 1919-21or about polish history

[@hamilkarbarkas800]

if first in english we dont have a lot but that canal talk general situation on that time kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3uWm4SHZZWjjpI

[@hamilkarbarkas800]

if second we have a lot of movie long and short,good and bad - for example short animation kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2mbcp6EZs2Bj68 about history of Poland after 1939 to 1989

[@softiasjad1858]

Thanks for both of the links. Any link could help to understand the history in a wide range

[@tdegler]

Nice job, thank you man. Very informative. I've learned a lot! Well done.

[@gi-bili-t7147]

I always come back to this video because it is so well done, the map movement the division icons omg for me it is oragasm

[@jamesivie5717]

I love these overlooked histories. We sometimes forget these brave people in the Baltic region. Thanks.

[@Riskystache]

Very interesting to learn what the Estonians went through to gain their independence, and how different it was from Latvia’s fight for independence. Great video on showing all the ways Estonia and it’s many allies fought across many borders.

[@bobgatewood5277]

just watching one of your videos completely transformed my perception and conception of war

[@TheseSetsAreAbsolutelyEpic]

These videos are absolutely amazing! It's insane how far Eastory has come

[@Lucideity]

this video continues to be one of my favourites on youtube.

[@turkoositerapsidi]

Tere Soomest! Eesti on hea maa! Eestased on hea rahvas ja palju õnne Eesti 100a!

[@ajmeipalu1051]

100=Sada, so no need 100'a'. Just saying

[@turkoositerapsidi]

Aj Meipalu - a = aasta Sata (Suomi) Sada (Eesti) ja ok, ilmnelik.

[@ajmeipalu1051]

👌

[@billykapard1524]

Tänud lõuna poolt.

[@tacokoer7821]

@Kartul YT oh no another commie

[@SyntheticParanoia]

I have never herd of this war of independence before. This video gave me a new perspective and admiration and respect for the Estonian people.

[@dreamcast3607]

I've been watching all your videos and I honestly still feel like this is the best one I love your analysis of wars

[@SPSSkals]

Thank you for the detailed documentary.

[@Tornado1487p1]

This was really great and truly insightful.

[@northernmonkey8759]

Red Fleet BTFO'ing Estonia *Royal Navy teleports behind.*

[@Fruzhin5483]

Nothing personal kid

[@darkbrawler0997]

Tp cheat

[@Joey.112]

This is a very great channel, great content,great teaching, keep it up

[@lescharle4695]

I really love your work on these videos, it makes what normally is really convoluted and confusing so easy to understand and pretty.

[@submarineinthesky8946]

Wow I hadn't even heard of this war, and didn't know armoured trains were a real thing either. Thanks for the history knowledge!

[@ShantyTowniekKMm]

Your name makes this comment 100% funnier

[@gujikujtutu2330]

Respect from Latvia!

[@George-bz1fi]

Very well done video, you could never explain it this clearly with a book.

[@spicydragonz]

fascinating. This is a piece of history i never knew about. I love your map based history.

[@zacharygraham9419]

Underrated channel

[@rangerbobcat]

Thank you so much for providing an English language history of the Estonian War of Independence. This heroic struggle is almost totally unknown in the United States. Long live Estonia!

[@TheRaiden81]

There were even Americans involved photos.state.gov/libraries/estonia/99874/History%20stories/How-Loy-Henderson-Earned-Estonia.pdf

[@dmitrykorras9065]

Estonia has never been independent. Is that only from 1991 to 2004, when she joined the EU. Estonia is a satellite of the EU and the USA. What the Estonian fascists did on their territory shocked even the German fascists. .and now Estonia is not an independent country. Everything she does, she does at the behest of the US and its EU satellite.

[@kanak9305]

I was astonished by this, very good video. I subscribed and liked this.

[@kritying2899]

Thank you. This video helps me in Estonian history

[@neutralfellow9736]

Very good video, loved the offensive line movements.

[@ilyanick]

Отличный формат - подробный и наглядный одновременно. Респект!

[@bbenjoe]

The very name "Estonia" sounds cool. Greetings from Hungary!

[@ShantyTowniekKMm]

Benjámin Kurilla thank you Uralic brother.

[@edusc6893]

Thanks. And the great thing is, Estonia and Hungary are both Suomi-Ugri nations

[@fillyourasswithfireanddest4875]

Benjámin Kurilla 1940

[@suurnegr]

We should stick together we have the same Uralic language type

[@danielbordeianu5841]

Superb...and I managed to not know of this channels these dratted 2 years!!

[@daniellarson3068]

I live in United States. Videos like this are great education. I do not think more is taught about Estonia in US other than finding it on the map. This is a disservice to Estonia. You and Artur Rehi have opened my eyes to the story of a free people. Thanks.

[@natteft6593]

You'd better thy to learn the history from real documents than trust some dodgy youtube videos. The war described in this video has almost nothing to do with Estonians.

[@natteft6593]

@EpicForcetry harder. Yudenich and his army was Russians, not even closely related to estonians

[@natteft6593]

@EpicForce Yudenich army had nothing to do with estonians. This is like stating that Hitler's army was Jewish it they have few jews.

[@natteft6593]

@EpicForce I don't know where was estonians fighting but 90% of the 'Estonain' militants described in this video were Russians from the Ydenich's army.

[@donfeloni3923]

@@natteft6593 Yudenich army is nicely portraid on the map with the Russian flags. Other flags and coat of arms are groups of estonians, finland boys and volunteers from other countries. Dont come and try to tell that those groups were 90% russians. For example, the brig named "Kalev" was formed at 20.12.1918 by members of the sports club Kalev. You seriously need to check the accountability of your sources if they state them and others units to be russians.

[@xesphor1436]

Hello from Latvia :D I love Estonia! My 2nd most favorite country in the world :)

[@randomstalker3308]

Raimonds Zakis Whats the first place on your favourite countrys list?

[@xesphor1436]

Better Shre putink well, Latvia, of course haha

[@randomstalker3308]

Raimonds Zakis You live there sure! I live in Estonia!

[@caucasusbatz8118]

Ты меня понимаешь?

[@user-xh2dq1jj7i]

Hello привет

[@thehistoricalhierophant6019]

Great video, I can't believe I knew essentially nothing about this.

[@gotzf.vinnen6269]

great work! detailed, eye-opening and thrilling!

[@michaelweir9666]

I am sad to have never learned about the immense display of bravery and superior show of arms from the Estonians, whose defeat very well could have changed modern history on the whole. Mad respect, and an independence well-deserved.

[@evilmonkeyfromchriscloset1211]

Awesome video.! I'm from Poland so the only version of the war against the Soviets I knew was from Polish perspective. And I must admit Estonian war against the Soviets was also very interesting. Thank you for the video and thank you Estonians for your sacrifice against the communism.

[@vaps5662]

Evilmonkey From Chris Closet thank you Poles for also doing the same

[@eruno_]

Communism (non authoritarian type) is actually good.

[@giorgijioshvili9713]

@@eruno_ No

[@livethefuture2492]

Didn't help ultimately though...20 years later Poland, estonia and all of eastern europe would both fall under Soviet occupation.

[@AshTheDerg]

4 years late and this pops in my recommendation page.. As an estonian, great video.

[@MrDulOne]

Very good video on a topic that is often forgotten and not much talked about.

[@mrunseen3797]

Just re-watched this video after a year. Still interesting and entertaining

[@sanitajirgensone315]

Great overview, do Latvia and Lithuania as well!

[@Voided191]

Nice video , very in-depth and you've inspired me to read more about Estonian military history, thanks!

[@badmann7783]

Very interesting video, I'm proud of the volunteers from my country who helped the Estonian side.

[@history-9050]

don't judge someone by its size here is an example long live Estonia from Georgia 👋

[@Juan-wx5xz]

Estonia = messi👑

[@thegovernmentoftajikistan7841]

@@Juan-wx5xz but Messi is Argentinian I

[@SeanTHATGUY]

Tallinn, Estonia is perhaps one of my favorite cities

[@user-zv7uy2tb8y]

Thank you for making this video

[@VladikVP]

This is the best strategic history channel!