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Battle of Porkuni
Part ofWorld War II
Date September 21, 1944 Location Porkuni,Viru County,Estonia 59°10′40″N26°09′37″E / 59.17778°N 26.16028°E /59.17778; 26.16028 Result Soviet victory
Belligerents
Estonian conscripts	Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Juhan Vermet	August Feldman
Strength
1,500	10,000
Casualties and losses
500 dead, 700 captured[1]	~unknown

Battle of Porkuni (Estonian:Porkuni lahing) was the largest engagement betweenEstonians serving in theRed Army and Estonian pro-independence and Waffen-SS units. It took place on 21 September 1944^[2] betweenLake Porkuni and the village ofSauvälja about seven kilometres northeast of the town ofTamsalu^[3] during theLeningrad Front'sTallinn Offensive Operation (17 September 1944 – 26 September 1944).

The 249th Rifle Regiment of the8th Estonian Rifle Corps had heavy machine guns and mortars and were supported byartillery andtanks. Soldiers of theEstonian Waffen Grenadier Division had only light arms and antitank weapons in the form of Germanpanzerfausts.

The 8th Rifle Corps surrounded about 1,500 Estonians retreating from theTannenberg line in theSinimäed Hills. In the ensuing battle, more than 500 surrounded Estonians were killed. Around 700 were captured.

Several groups of Estonians led byObersturmführer Hando Ruus managed to break out the Soviet encirclement and escape towards west. However, on September 22, the largest group was taken by surprise in a forest nearAmbla and most of the men were taken prisoner or killed.

Villagers buried 273 dead Estonians in German uniform. The Soviet Rifle Corps lost 73 men killed, of whom 57 had Estonian names.^{[citation needed]}

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