battle, interwar and Second World War
Battle of Laagna
Battle of Laagna was a battle fought on 18 January 1919 at Laagna, in what is now Estonia. It was part of the Estonian War of Independence, which ran from 1918 to 1920. The recorded result: Estonian victory. Recorded strength: 220 soldiers against 650 soldiers; 2 armoured trains.
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Where it sits in the Estonian War of Independence
Record
| Date | 18 January 1919 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Laagna, Estonia 59.383N, 27.983E | |
| Kind | Battle, interwar and Second World War | |
| Strength | 220 soldiers | 650 soldiers; 2 armoured trains |
| Casualties and losses | 4 killed; 21 wounded; 3 captured | Unknown |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of Utria 1919, 4.2 km NW
- Battle of Auvere 1944, 4.7 km SW
- Battle of Tannenberg Line 1944, 7.3 km W
- Battle of Narva 1918, 7.9 km N
- Battle of Narva 1700, 11 km E
Contested ground: this site was fought over 4 times between 1919 and 1944.
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Utria 17 January 1919
- After: Battle of Paju 31 January 1919
- All 10 engagements of Estonian War of Independence
Elsewhere in 1919
- Scuttling of the German Fleet in Scapa Flow United Kingdom
- Greek landing at Smyrna Turkey
- 1919 Soviet invasion of Ukraine Ukraine
- Battle of Bereza Kartuska Belarus
- Battle of Perehonivka Ukraine
Battle of Laagna is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 83 in present-day Estonia.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3509192, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Laagna, revision 1370267722, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.