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| Tango01 | 27 Mar 2020 10:42 p.m. PST |
"In spring-summer 1941, Finnish and German military intelligence organised the voluntary reconnaissance group Erna, which consisted of Estonians who had escaped to Finland and of volunteers in the Winter War against Russia. The group was responsible for monitoring the movement of troops in the Red Army rear in Estonia. The Commander was the German Lieutenant Kurt Reinhardt. The group included over 60 men, who all wore Finnish uniforms and had Finnish weapons. After the onset of the German-Soviet war, the group was despatched, beginning on 10 July 1941, to Estonia by seaborne landing and parachuting. Their base camp was set up on the Kautla bog island, about 60 km southwest of Tallinn. Several hundred Forest Brothers joined the group. The KGB, which was responsible for Red Army security in the rear, sent five destruction battalions to fight them. The battalions surrounded the Erna group and the Forest Brothers. A major battle took place on 31 July. During the operation the destruction battalions burnt down a dozen farms. The Erna group broke through the siege and crossed the frontline…"
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gets his hands on some fields and fences.