![]() ![]() The Battle of Tannenberg Line, second to Stalingrad, the bloodiest conflict on the Eastern Front. In June 1940 his unit watches the Red Army march in. Jüri Jõgi, senior sergeant of the Red Army, is summoned to the Estonian Defence Forces in 1939 to perform his military service. By the summer of 1944 he is an experienced frontline soldier of the Estonian 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS. ![]() Repressions organised by the Soviet power in the years 19 – arrests of innocent people, deportations and executions – motivate many Estonians to join the German, their all time historic enemy. He has a lucky escape – he’s simply not at home on the day of the deportation. Waffen-SS volunteer Karl Tammik is seventeen years old, when his parents and younger sister are deported to Siberia in 1941. Citizens, you can now buy it on Amazon (US) (called “1944 – Forced to Fight”), Amazon (Canada) and U.K find it here: Amazon (UK). They hoped for the best solution, but they weren’t really ready for the worst, because neither the Germany or the Soviet-Union would never let them have their independence or any mayor freedom again.“Įuropeans find “Brüder – Feinde” here (on Amazon (DE)). This specific war was the darkest time, as Estonian soldiers fought against fought each other. “Unlike most other countries, where single nationality was fighting for one side or faction, Estonian men had to choose between two Nations (fight for Germany or fight for Soviet-Union) in hopes for future re-independence or at least autonomy for their homeland. The film focuses on the individual within the context of war, rather than war itself, and shows the war from both perspectives – those of the Red Army and the German Army. “1944” deals with the events of 1944 in Estonia, from the Battle of Tannenberg Line in July until the Sõrve Peninsula fell into the hands of the Red Army in November. The Blu-Ray DVD is called “Brüder Feinde” (translated Brothers Enemies). Good news for enthusiast of war movies! The long-awaited Estonian World War II Movie 1944 has been released today, 6 October 2015, on the German Amazon website, which is good news for Europeans who will be able to play the DVD. ![]()
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