An Evaluation of the Anti-Soviet Guerrilla Warfare Potential in Soviet Estonia

Abstract

The study examines the existence of a significant anti-Soviet guerrilla warfare potential in Soviet Estonia, and its possible usefulness to US/NATO strategy. The conclusions are based on the little-known anti-Soviet guerrilla operations by Estonian guerrillas in 1941 and 1944-1957, and on an assessment of the current political orientation of Soviet Estonians. Estonian emigree publications were particularly valuable. The research indicates that the anti-Soviet and anti-Russian feelings of Soviet Estonians have not abated and are actually intensifying, and that significant anti-Soviet guerrilla warfare can be expected in Soviet Estonia in case of war between the US/NATO and the Soviet block. Immediate and substantial US support to Estonian guerrillas will markedly enhance their operations. Taken in the context of the larger anti-Soviet guerrilla warfare potential believed to exist in the entire Soviet- dominated Eastern Europe, proper exploitation of this potential in case of war is in US interest.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 15, 1974
Accession Number
ADA003186

Entities

People

  • Einar Himma

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Baltic Countries
  • Clothing
  • Communism
  • Eastern Europe
  • Economic Systems
  • Guerrilla Warfare
  • Hostility
  • Language
  • National Politics
  • Political Systems
  • Second World War
  • Security
  • Students
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.