In 1944, at the end of the Second World War, the German army was retreating steadily, the Allied and Soviet forces were advancing step by step, and victory was in sight. Estonia, I don't know much about it, and I believe most people don't know much about it. Estonia is the northernmost country among the three Baltic countries, facing Finland across the sea and bordering the mighty Soviet Union to the east. In 1939, Germany and the Soviet Union signed the "Soviet-German Peace Treaty". Subsequently, Germany blitzed and annexed Poland, and the Soviet Union annexed the three Baltic countries (Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia). The Estonian army was reorganized by the Soviet Union as the Soviet Red Army. In 1941, Germany unilaterally tore up the "Soviet-German Nonaggression Pact" and attacked the Soviet Union. The German army was victorious, and soon occupied Estonia, and then recruited Estonians to join the army and became part of the German army. In 1944, the Soviet army counterattacked rapidly, and the German army retreated steadily. On Estonian soil, Soviet Estonians met German Estonians and fought. The first half of the film shows fighting, defending, and retreating from the perspective of German Estonians. During the retreat, Estonian soldiers in trucks were attacked by the Red Army of the Soviet Union as they passed a group of fleeing Estonian civilians. Both soldiers and civilians suffered casualties. After the airstrike, the German Estonian military commander ordered children and women to get on the bus. The German Estonians on foot were quickly caught up by the Soviet Red Army. Both sides fought. The German Estonians were outnumbered, and the commander shouted: "Retreat, everyone to the forest!" The Soviet commander listened and ordered the troops to stop the attack. Because they are Soviet Estonians. The two sides at war are compatriots. Unfortunately, during the battle, the German Estonian soldier in the first half of the movie was shot and killed, and it was a fellow countryman who shot him. The film's perspective also turned to this Soviet Estonian sergeant. Soon, Soviet troops occupied Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. The Soviet Estonian sergeant sent a letter from the remains of the German Estonian soldier killed by him to his home and met his sister. When chatting with his sister, the Estonian non-commissioned officer of the Soviet Army talked about that he was a member of the Estonian Army in 1939. After Estonia was occupied by the Soviet Union, he became the Red Army in a confused way. The younger sister told the Estonian sergeant of the Soviet army that he was very much like his brother. Facing the tearful Estonian sergeant of the Soviet Army, the younger sister said, "The innocent people keep blaming themselves, and the guilty people feel at ease." The two fell in love, but the good times didn't last long, and the Estonian sergeant of the Soviet Army must continue to go to the front line. The Estonian Soviet Army attacked the last German position on Salima Island. After the victory, it cleaned the battlefield and encountered several 15- or 16-year-old Estonians. German army. The children said that they had been coerced into the army by the German army and fled the German army before the flight to Germany took off. But the Soviet army officer said that the Soviets must shoot all traitors who turned to fascism, and let the Soviet army Estonian non-commissioned officers execute the shooting. The Estonian non-commissioned officer of the Soviet army was reluctant to kill these innocent compatriots, and the officer shot and killed the Estonian non-commissioned officer of the Soviet army. Kindness is trampled on. Conscience is ravaged by a brutally centralized ideology. The sigh, sorrow and helplessness of the soldiers of the small country in the war. Understanding history, reflecting on history, and taking history as a mirror is what our generation should do.
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