Estonian war of Independence

[BjörnF]

Hi,

I started to get interested in the Estonian war of Independence, which really are a small part of the Russian Civil War. How can you not like it? It is Estonians, supported by Latvians, Finns, White Russians, Swedes and Dannes against both Russians and Germans. And the Estonians won!
I'm looking for pictures of Finnish, Dannish and Swedish troops. I'm also looking for information about what kind of uniforms, if any, they used. I would be very happy if you can recommend me any books or point me to some good internet pages.
By the way, when I look through Osprey's book about the Russian civil war (Maa 305) it says that the "Swedish uniforms were widely used by the Finns." Is that correct? I have not seen Swedish uniforms in pictures from the Finnish Civil War.

[commissarmoody]

Might want to also check out the Osprey on the German FriKorp movement. They have a section in there about the fighting out there.

[cuprum]

Reds Estonians:
http://siberia-miniatures.ru/forum/showthread.php?fid=12&tid=95

Latvian nationalists:
http://siberia-miniatures.ru/forum/showthread.php?fid=12&tid=292

Belarusian military formations (including Lithuania):
http://siberia-miniatures.ru/forum/showthread.php?fid=12&tid=98

Russian White Army of the North-Western Front:
http://siberia-miniatures.ru/forum/showthread.php?fid=12&tid=152&block=0

German units:
http://siberia-miniatures.ru/forum/showthread.php?fid=29&tid=227

Finnish Civil War:
http://siberia-miniatures.ru/forum/showthread.php?fid=29&tid=191

And Google translator to help you  

If you are able to fill up with something this collection - I will be very grateful.

[grant]

I'm going to tune in on this thread. If there's something I like, it's got to be obscure bits of history.

I like it! 

[BjörnF]

Wow Cuprum! Thanks!

[ts]

A little on the Danes in Estonia:

Dansk-Baltisk Auxiliær Corps
http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dansk-Baltisk_Auxili%C3%A6r_Corps

links
http://www.scribd.com/doc/32363296/Baltic-1-Military-History-of-Estonia
http://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taani_vabatahtlike_kompanii
http://www.warcovers.dk/estonia/dbac.htm
http://www.warcovers.dk/estonia/Pohjan_Pojat.htm

(ca. 3.49-6.19 you can see original film clips of the Danish Corps - mainly with English helmets)

books:
Danske frivillige i Estland, 1919
Per Rønberg, 1999

For Dannebrogs ære: danske frivillige i Estland og Letlands frihedskamp 1919
Niels Jensen, 1998

Det befriade Baltikum
av R. G. Borgelin, 1941.

[BjörnF]

I have up-dated my blog with a piece about the Estonian war of independence. So if anyone want to know about it and what the Swedes did in the conflict you can read about it here:
http://adalenfigures.blogspot.se/