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Battle or uprising · 23.08.1944

Battle for the Kärevere bridge

In August 1944 the Red Army took Tartu (25 August) and tried to break out across the Emajõgi River. Around 23 August Soviet troops seized the Kärevere bridge west of the city, one of only four crossings over the marshy floodplain. Belgian SS volunteers of the Wallonien brigade blocked the breakthrough, and at the end of August a counterattack by Estonian conscripts, police battalions and German tanks destroyed the Soviet bridgehead and retook the bridge by 30 August. The Emajõgi front then held until mid-September.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

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1944. aasta augustis vallutas Punaarmee Tartu (25. augustil) ja üritas murda üle Emajõe. Umbes 23. augustil hõivasid Nõukogude väed linnast lääne pool Kärevere silla, ühe neljast ülepääsust soisel lammil. Belgia SS-vabatahtlike brigaad Wallonien takistas läbimurret ning augusti lõpus hävitas Eesti ajateenijate, politseipataljonide ja Saksa tankide vastupealetung Nõukogude sillapea ja vallutas silla 30. augustiks tagasi. Emajõe rinne püsis seejärel septembri keskpaigani.

Map of the area around Battle for the Kärevere bridge
58.42280° N, 26.46640° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartu_offensive ↗

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