page_title: Bombing of Tallinn in World War II
hierarchical_section_title: Bombing of Tallinn in World War II
caption_attribution_description: Eesti: Põlev vaekoda
context_page_description: The German Luftwaffe and Soviet Long Range Aviation bombed the Estonian capital Tallinn several times during World War II. The first instance was during the Summer War of 1941. A number of bombing missions followed in 1942–43.
  The largest of the bombings occurred in March 1944 in connection with the Battle of Narva and is known as March bombing. After Soviet saboteurs had disabled the water supply, over a thousand incendiary bombs were dropped on the town, causing widespread fires and killing 757 people, of whom 586 were civilians and 75 prisoners of war, wounding 659, and leaving over 20,000 people without shelter in the spring thaw.
  The Soviet bombings left a legacy of anti-Soviet resentment and resistance, as personified in the slogan Varemeist tõuseb kättemaks!, or "Vengeance Will Rise from the Ruins!", which was also used as a slogan by an Estonian division of the Nazi Waffen-SS.
context_section_description: The German Luftwaffe and Soviet Long Range Aviation bombed the Estonian capital Tallinn several times during World War II. The first instance was during the Summer War of 1941 (part of Operation Barbarossa). A number of bombing missions followed in 1942–43.
  The largest of the bombings occurred in March 1944 in connection with the Battle of Narva and is known as March bombing (Estonian: märtsipommitamine). After Soviet saboteurs had disabled the water supply, over a thousand incendiary bombs were dropped on the town, causing widespread fires and killing 757 people, of whom 586 were civilians and 75 prisoners of war, wounding 659, and leaving over 20,000 people without shelter in the spring thaw.
  The Soviet bombings left a legacy of anti-Soviet resentment and resistance, as personified in the slogan Varemeist tõuseb kättemaks!, or "Vengeance Will Rise from the Ruins!", which was also used as a slogan by an Estonian division of the Nazi Waffen-SS.
caption: Burning building Estonian: vaekoda
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