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Battle of Cēsis
The Battle of Cēsis was fought in June 1919 around the town of Cēsis in northern Latvia. Estonian forces and the Northern Latvian Brigade defeated the Baltic Landeswehr and German Freikorps units under Rüdiger von der Goltz, ending German attempts to dominate the Baltic region. The victory, completed on 23 June, is celebrated in Estonia as Victory Day.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Battle of Cēsis. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/battle-of-cesis
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