Working on breaking 100 games

[Jim von Krieg]

Krazy Kat,

I'll go with Tannenburg... Once I look it over some more, I'll shoot it out to you...

Regards,

Jim

Great news Jim, really looking forward to this!

Historically, the battle for the Sinimae ("Blue Hills") was incredibly bitter, being one of the episodes the official Soviet Union did not mention at all. Fought mainly by the Estonian volunteers by the Axis side, they held on for several months.

Given the victory conditions, 350 for Allied victory, and with several 100 and 200 victory hexes, it seems I need to held onto ground for my dear life :thumbs_up:

The location can be found using the search "Sinimae, Estonia" in Google Earth. It looks very tranquil at the moment. (One of my Russian friends hinted me there were new satellite pictures of Summa village available. Summa, an area of fierce fighting during the Winter War, now they've cleared the area for timber, it still looks like the surface of moon ).

When the Nazis finally retreated, many Estonians turned their weapons on German supply columns, to arm themselves. The resulting guerilla organisation, "the Brotherhood of the Forests", consisting of Estonians having fought both on Red Army and on SS, fought relentlessly for Estonian independence, fighting until the 1950s. The last Forest Brother was killed, or killed himself, when found by KGB - in 1978!

The history buff that I am, I am trying to find books to go with this. I am considering buying the two books:

Battle in the Baltics 1944-45

War in the Woods, Estonia's Struggle for Survival

Regards Petri


EDIT: The recent Estonian document "Sinimäed" seems to be available, with English subtitles (you need to turn them on by pressing the CC icon): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qv23LluV...FF26FBDD0B

Personal histories, contemporary footage, current on location filming, interviews of surviving Estonians on both sides, Germans, Russians, discussing personal life and battle tactics...

- highly recommended!

Krazy Kat,

Just so you know I didn't forget about you... I started the turn; however, I won't be able to finish tonight... maybe tomorrow... Lots of stuff to move...

Jim