Today 78 years ago, 6th of March 1944, the Soviets bombed Narva, Estonia to the ground with approx. 200 planes. Narva had been evacuated beforehand. This marked the beginning of the "March bombings" that lasted for a few weeks all over Estonia #history #estonia 
On the 9th and 10th of March the Soviets target was the capital city of Tallinn. 1549 buildings were demolished, 3350 damaged. They bombed the national operahouse "Estonia" where a show had just started. Historical synagogue was destroyed #Estonia #history
After receiving notification of the attacks in Tallinn Finland performed a retribution attack on the Soviets when they flew back to refuel and stock up on ammunition. According to historians about 260 planes from a total of 300 were destroyed by the Finns #estonia #history
26-27 March 1944 the Soviets bombed the university city of Tartu with 220 bombs. 59 people died, 216 buildings were damaged or demolished #Estonia #history
This is why the events taking place in #Ukraine hit the Estonians so hard. We know all too well what does it mean to be attacked by russians. If you are more interested take a look at this TV-programme (in Estonian) that talked about the events arhiiv.err.ee/vaata/eesti-aj…
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