Baltic Military History Newsletter

09/04/2026

The multinational battle group showed progress but also raised questions about the allies’ readiness.

26/03/2026

02/02/2026

In beginning of December 1919, Estonia had been at war with Soviet Russia for a year after the Red Army invaded Estonia on 28 November 1918. The Estonians successfully organized an armed forces and had driven the invading Bolsheviks from their borders.

02/02/2026

What we carry for each other doesn’t weigh us down. Forward, together!

17/01/2026

Estonia opens its first ammunition plant in nearly 100 years, boosting defence industry capacity and crisis self-sufficiency.

15/01/2026

The Utria amphibious operation and the liberation of Narva by Estonian forces in January 1919 is a good example of a joint operation. Its characteristics were that of maneuver warfare rather than the attrition warfare which was so common in the years of war from 1914 to 1918.

14/01/2026

The liberation of Tartu on 14 January 1919 was a significant event in during the Estonian War of Independence 1918 - 1920 and has a greater significance in the overall history of the Baltic region. It also has value as a case study from which enduring tenets of effective command philosophy and “ma...

07/12/2025

1901. gadā P. Sniķers pabeidza akadēmiju un kļuva par titulārpadomnieku* Kara medicīnas akadēmiskajā klīniskajā hospitālī un ieņēma augstus posteņus Krievijas impērijas civildienestā. Jau 1904. gadā viņš ieguva medicīnas doktora grādu un uzsāka militāro dienestu, kļūstot par jaunāko ārstu Krievijas armijas 179. Daugavgrīvas kājnieku pulkā. 1908. gadā viņš kļuva par Rīgas kara hospitāļa jaunāko ordinatoru.

*titulārpadomnieks - civildienesta pakāpe Krievijas impērijā

Fotoattēls: Latvijas armijas virsnieku grupa, ārsti un medmāsa pie Bīriņu sanatorijas vārtiem. 1930. gadu sākums. 1. rindā 1. no kreisās- Pēteris Sniķers. LKM

02/12/2025

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tallinn-december-1st-1924-eric-sibul-qepfe/?trackingId=Tc9nJkOuTZ6jaGOqArUrAQ%3D%3D

On 1 December 1924, as according to the then Estonian Defence minister, General Jaan Soots, “the existence of free Estonia was put to a severe test.”[1] Early that morning the small nation came under unconventional attack which was to be followed by a conventional invasion.

18/11/2025

Latvijas Kara muzejs aicina darbā direktora vietnieku.

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