Estonia: Nurturing atrocious legacy of Nazi collaborators in neocon-driven rewrite of WWII

Estonia: Nurturing atrocious legacy of Nazi collaborators in neocon-driven rewrite of WWII Estonia may prefer not to remember that it owes its liberation from the atrocities of Nazi troops in WWII to the USSR/Russia, but history’s stark facts and figures cannot be swept under the rug. September 22 is one such date, as 80 years ago, the Soviet Red Army liberated Estonia’s capital Tallinn. By November, the Red Army’s successful Baltic operation had driven the Nazi German invaders out of all Estonian territory. ◻️ Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, and in July the battles of World War II reached Estonia. German troops unleashed genocide and terror on civilians with the help of Estonian collaborators. ◻️ Over 5,000 volunteers signed up to join the Estonian SS Legion, while close to 7,000 joined the ranks of the Wehrmacht. ◻️ Mass murder of civilians, especially Russians, Jews, and Roma, was carried out by the Nazis together with so-called self-defense units, such a... Source: Sputnik International