Finnish soldiers hanging out with Lenin in Petroskoi (Petrozavodsk), Karelia, in October 1941, during the Continuation War
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A week before Christmas, a Finnish soldiers finds a suitable Christmas tree, and now it is taken to decorate the dugout, Valkeasaari, Russia, 19 December 1943
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Estonian Soldiers laughing on a fake vehicle sometime during the Estonian Independence War (1918-1920)
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An Estonian family on Muhu island in 1913
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Relocation of a house in Valga County, Estonia, 1951, relocation was used to help anti-communist partisans, as it reduced Soviet control over inhabitants
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Estonian Partisans playing Accordians on New Year’s Eve 1951/1952, Võru County, Estonia. From left: Endel Tikerpuu, Taisto Praks and Milbert Pilv
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Estonian Forest Brothers, not much is know about this photo (1945-1960?)
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Lithuanian ‘Forest Brother’ partisans of the Tauras military district in 1947
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Group of Estonians in the Infantry Regiment 200 of Finland (or ‘Finnish Boys’) during the Continuation War in 1944
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Armored vehicle „Estonia“, used in the Estonian War of Independence, Tallinn, 1918/19
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An Estonian Biplane in the Estonian War of Independence in 1918/19
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The first time a estonian Flag was ever displayed higher than 7000 Feet, Atop Lenin Peak in 1989
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A Finnish soldier gets his revenge on a Stalin statue, Räisälä (Melnikovo), Karelia, in 1941 during the Continuation War
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Danish volunteers learn to ski in Finland, January 1940
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Estonian troops of the 3rd Infantry Battalion in a town in northern Latvia in June 1919 during the Landeswehr War/Independence War
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Estonia's leaders before the Soviet occupation, celebrating the country's Independence Day for the last time, on 24 February 1940
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Ruins of a farm in Kautla(now Kõrvenurga), Harju County in northern Estonia. The farm was burned down by an destruction battalion of the interior ministry of the Soviet Union on 31 July 1941
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Armored vehicle „Estonia“, used in the Estonian War of Independence, Tallinn, 1918/19
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Pohjan Pojat (“The Boys from the North”) commanded by Colonel Hans Kalm- Kalm is centre front, to his right is Chief of Staff Elja Rihtniemi -and his Officers, in 1918, during the Estonian War of Independence
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Artillery Battery No.1 of the 1st Artillery Regiment of Estonia in position in Narva-Jõesuu in February, 1919
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Finnish 44th Flying Squadron’s pet cat in a pilot's shoe during the Continuation War, Joensuu, 16 August 1942
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Estonian Officers of an Armored Train in December 1918, Estonia.
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Julius Kuperjanov, Commander of the Estonia Tartumaa Partisan Battalion, in 1917
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Estonian refugees celebrating the Estonian Independence Day at a DP camp in Germany in 1948
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Polish fighter from Ruczaj Battalion carries a flamethrower before an attack during the Warsaw Uprising, 1944
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Estonian artillery crew operating a field gun in Autumn of 1919
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Polish submarine ORP Orzel, She was damaged after Soviets pressured Estonia to take all/most navigation equipment in 1940
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Plane flying over the Baltic Way (1989) which connected Vilnius-Riga-Tallinn
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Estonians erecting barricades to protect Toompea from Soviet troops and armoured vehicles on 21 August 1991 during the Singing Revolution
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Installing bombs on a plane in Vana-Nursi, Võrumaa, before a combat flight towards Ostrov, Estonia. 17/VIII/1919, Estonian Independence War
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German soldiers in Saaremaa during Operation Beowulf, in the Summer War. September 21st, 1941
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Tallinn Department Store (left) on Estonia Avenue, Tallinn during the 1980s
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View of Suur-Karja street during 1944, Destroyed buildings in background, Kesklinn, Nazi Occupied Tallinn
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Entrance of the Kosmos Cinema, Kesklinn, Tallinn During 1965
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A group of Estonians of the Forest Brothers in central Estonia meeting with a German unit in July, 1941
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Traffic Jam on the A2 highway in Lithuania during the Baltic Way in 1989
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The coffin of Lieutenant Julius Kuperjanov in the Vanemuine theater before his funeral procession, February 7th, 1919, Tartu, Estonia
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A Estonian Orchestra in the Forest sometime between 1949-1960
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Military training of students of Tallinn on Tornide väljak in 1919 during the Estonian War of Independence
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Artillery platform „Võitleja“ of Estonian broad-gauge armored train No. 5 in the composition of armored train No. 2 in Riga in October 1919 during the Estonian Independence War
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Estonian-Latvian border point in Valga/Valka in May 1931
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The funeral of Julius Kuperjanov (1894-1919) who died fighting the Red Army in the Battle of Paju in 1919
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German soldiers lined up in Estonia in August, 1941, during the Summer War
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Soviet tanks and military vehicles entering Tallinn next to the Tallinn Airport Parking lot, via the Tartu Highway, for the last time in August 1991
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Border crossing between Estonia and the USSR in 1930
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Eha Cinema, featured in a travel brochure, in Tallinn, 1976
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Estonian Baltic Way in 1989 photo by Jaan Künnap
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Estonian Military Parade in Pskov(Pihkova) in 1919
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Polish ordnance on the Teatralny Square during the Warsaw Uprising, 1944
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A Tram on Viru Square in Tallinn, Estonia, 1978
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Artillery wagon of an Estonian Armored train in 1920 during the Independence War
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The Baltic Way in Estonia, showing a sign which protests the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact which divided the Baltic states between Germany and the USSR unjustly, 1989, 50 year anniversary of the pact
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The Tallinn Airport, Lasnamäe, Tallinn during 1980
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A group of Estonians of the Forest Brothers operating in Northern Estonia in the summer of 1941
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Estonian volunteers, Soomepoisid, serving with the Sisu unit, pictured in Lapua, Finland in 1944
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Commander of the 2nd Battalion of Estonia, Staff Captain Anton Irv (left) and Commander of the 1st Battalion of Estonia, Staff Captain Karl Parts in 1918 (right)
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General Andres Larka of the Nationalist Estonian ‘Vaps Movement’ speaking and doing the Roman/fascist salute in 1933 at Peetritehases
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Finnish volunteers laying a wreath on the grave of Julius Kuperjanov, an Estonian lieutenant who lead a battalion to liberate Tartu without any reinforcements during the Estonian Independence War, Raadi Cemetery, Tartu, Estonia, in 1933
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Demonstrators at the Hirvepark rally with the slogan “We commemorate the victims of Stalinism and fascism”, 23 August 1987 in Tallinn, Estonia
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Lithuanian partisans in the Biržai forest, 1952.
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Lithuanian Forest Brother partisans in the forest, 1950
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Estonian ‘Forest brothers’ Endel Tikerpuu, Juhan Tikerpuu, and Taisto Praks with a moonshine distiller, 1950
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Joaoru district of Narva damaged by Bolshevik Russia’s Artillery fire in 1919 during the Estonian War of Independence
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Participants at the Hirvepark rally on 23 August 1987 in Tallinn Estonia. The anti-communist, pro-Estonian independence, anti-MRP rally had an estimated 5 000 participants
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Konstantin Päts speaking on occasion during the 20th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia in 1938
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Forest Brothers in the forest of Parmu in 1950 with a ???(please identify) on a wooden table
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