. "135000"^^ . "The Battle of Tannenberg Line (; ; ) was a military engagement between the German Army Detachment \"Narwa\" and the Soviet Leningrad Front. They fought for the strategically important Narva Isthmus from 25 July to 10 August 1944. The battle was fought on the Eastern Front during World War II. The strategic aim of the Soviet Estonian Operation was to reoccupy Estonia as a favourable base for the invasions of Finland and East Prussia. Several Western scholars refer to it as the Battle of the European SS for the 24 volunteer infantry battalions from Denmark, East Prussia, Flanders, Holland, Norway, and Wallonia within the Waffen-SS. Roughly half of the infantry consisted of local Estonian conscripts motivated to resist the looming Soviet re-occupation. The German force of 22,250 men held off 13"@en . . . "Tactical German victory"@en . "35000"^^ . . . . . "157"^^ . "22250"^^ . . "Battle of Tannenberg Line"@en . . "2"^^ . "136830"^^ . "--07-25"^^ . . . "Battle of Tannenberg Line"@en . "4"^^ . . "Seven tanks"@en . "49"^^ . "2500"^^ . . . "Sinim\u00E4ed Hills, Estonia"@en . "8"^^ . . "XXVI Army Corps"@en . . . . "Germany"@en . "70"^^ . . "auxiliary police and border defense"@en . . "The Battle of Tannenberg Line (; ; ) was a military engagement between the German Army Detachment \"Narwa\" and the Soviet Leningrad Front. They fought for the strategically important Narva Isthmus from 25 July to 10 August 1944. The battle was fought on the Eastern Front during World War II. The strategic aim of the Soviet Estonian Operation was to reoccupy Estonia as a favourable base for the invasions of Finland and East Prussia. Several Western scholars refer to it as the Battle of the European SS for the 24 volunteer infantry battalions from Denmark, East Prussia, Flanders, Holland, Norway, and Wallonia within the Waffen-SS. Roughly half of the infantry consisted of local Estonian conscripts motivated to resist the looming Soviet re-occupation. The German force of 22,250 men held off 136,830 Soviet troops. As the Soviet forces were constantly reinforced, the casualties of the battle were 150,000\u2013200,000 dead and wounded Soviet troops and 157\u2013164 tanks."@en . . "150"^^ . ":23px Estonian conscripts,"@en . "1680"^^ . . "Front line positions"@en . "546"^^ . "6"^^ . . "Eastern sector, coastal defense"@en . . . . "170000"^^ . "7500"^^ . "10000"^^ . "Soviet Union"@en . . "Contemporary estimate:"@en . "Two Estonian border defense regiments"@en .