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Exhibition about world first landing operation with armoured train in Virtsu harbour 01.07

On July 1 the Estonian War Museum opened an exhibition „The landing operation that never happened“ in Virtsu Harbour, Lääne County that tells a story af an ambitious plan by Admiral Johan Pitka during the Estonian War of Independence in spring 1919 to land an armoured train in Ainaži, present day Latvia.

The Estonian War Museum and the Baltic Defence College call for papers to a conference “Armed Resistance in the Baltic states during and after the Second World War” 21.06

The conference takes place on 27th and 28th October 2022 at the University of Tartu Library. The deadline for sending abstracts is 15 August 2022.

Estonian Navy gave the War Museum a Silverware Set that Belonged to Admiral Johan Pitka 13.06

Estonian Navy donated to the Estonian War Museum a historically and culturally invaluable antique silverware set that once belonged to Admiral Johan Pitka. 
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