1,500 British troops were involved Cause_to_be_included , supported Supporting by Danish , Estonian and Afghan forces in the pre-Christmas offensive , commencing on 7 December 2008 with a night attack on Taliban defences in a village south of the operational area .

The Waffen Grenadier Regiment der SS 45 `` Estland '' ( 1st Estonian ) and the 44th Infantry Regiment ( which consisted Forming_relationships in personnel from East Prussia ) repulsed Defending the attack , inflicting heavy losses to the 8th Army .

The II.Battalion , Waffen Grenadier Regiment der SS 46 ( 2nd Estonian ) and II.Battalion , Waffen-Grenadier Regiment der SS 47 ( 3rd Estonian ) kept Temporary_stay the 2nd Shock Army from capturing Conquering the highway behind the retreating Escaping `` Nordland '' and `` Nederland '' detachments .

The II.Battalion , Waffen Grenadier Regiment der SS 46 ( 2nd Estonian ) and II.Battalion , Waffen-Grenadier Regiment der SS 47 ( 3rd Estonian ) kept Temporary_stay the 2nd Shock Army from capturing Conquering the highway behind the retreating Escaping `` Nordland '' and `` Nederland '' detachments .

The Narva Offensive ( 1–4 March 1944 ) ( Estonian : `` Putki lahing '' ) was an operation conducted Action by the Soviet Leningrad Front .

The Soviet 59th Army attacked Attack westwards from the Krivasoo Bridgehead south of the city of Narva and encircled Besieging the strong-points of the 214th Infantry Division and the Estonian 658th and 659th East Battalions .

To the north of Narva , the fresh SS 45th and 46th ( 1st and 2nd Estonian ) Volunteer Grenadier Regiments accompanied by units of the 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division `` Nordland '' counter-attacked Attack and reduced Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the Soviet bridgehead .

Operation Albion was the codename for the German air , land and naval operation Military_operation in October 1917 to occupy Control the West Estonian Archipelago , part of the Autonomous Governorate of Estonia , Russian Republic .

The Tallinn Offensive ( ) was a strategic offensive by the Red Army 's 2nd Shock and 8th Armies and the Baltic Fleet against the German Army Detachment `` Narwa '' and Estonian units in mainland Estonia on the Eastern Front of World War II on 17–26 September 1944 .

Its German counterpart was the abandonment GiveUp of the Estonian territory in a retreat Escaping codenamed Operation Aster ( German : Unternehmen Aster ) .

Aeroflot Flight 8381 was a scheduled flight of a twin-engine Tupolev Tu-134 that departed Departing Tallinn Airport in Estonian SSR , Soviet Union , at 10:38 am on 3 May 1985 , for Chişinău in Moldavian SSR , Soviet Union making a stopover Temporary_stay at Lviv , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union .

Among the victims of the disaster Catastrophe were graphics artist Alexander Aksinin , the young Estonian table-tennis player Alari Lindmäe ( born 15 September 1967 ) and two generals of the Soviet Army .