Events

• German troops took with help of the Forest Brothers Estonia over from the Soviets.
• 14 June – mass deportations by Soviet Union authorities take place in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
• 22 June – Germany attacked Soviet Union, Estonian partisans (Forest Brothers) started revolting in Southern Estonia.
• July – German troops enter Estonia. ^[1]
• 28 August – sinking of a Soviet steamer with 3500 Soviet-mobilized Estonian men on board, 598 of them died.
• 1 December – Self-government of Estonia, headed by Hjalmar Mäe, is appointed by German military administration.

Births

• 22 January – Jaan Kaplinski, writer
• 25 November – Tiit Lilleorg, actor (d. 2021)
• 4 December – Leila Säälik, Estonian actress
• 6 December – Evald Hermaküla, Estonian actor and director (died 2000)

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