The Estonian War of Independence was fought between Estonia, which had declared independence in February 1918, and Soviet Russia, whose Red Army invaded in November 1918 after the German withdrawal. The Estonian army under General Johan Laidoner, helped by Finnish and Danish volunteers, a British naval squadron and anti-Bolshevik Russian forces, pushed the Soviet troops back. In 1919 Estonian and Latvian forces also defeated the Baltic German Landeswehr at the Battle of Cesis. The Treaty of Tartu recognized Estonia's independence, with Soviet Russia renouncing all claims to its territory. Estonia kept its independence until the Soviet occupation of 1940.
Before and after
- 11 November 1918Armistice of Compiègne
- from 12 November 1918 to 10 September 1919Republic of German-Austria
- from 16 November 1918 to 5 July 1945Second Polish Republic
- from 18 November 1918 to 1 March 1919Soviet westward offensive of 1918–1919
- from 28 November 1918 to 3 January 1920Estonian War of Independence
- from December 1918 to October 1921Franco-Turkish War
- from December 1918 to August 1919Lithuanian–Soviet War
- from December 1918 to June 1919Hungarian-Czechoslovak-România War
- from December 1918 to August 1919Lithuanian Wars of Independence
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- 7 December 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
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