Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Rebane akashanda somukuru mukuru muuto reEstonia kusvikira mauto eSoviet apinda munyika yacho muna 1940. VaSoviet vakaparadza ndokutora mazhinji emauto eEstonia ndokusunga ndokuponda vakuru vakuru vose veEstonia. Vakuru vakuru vechidiki vakawanda, vakadai saRebane, vakadzingwa basa nekuda kwekushayikwa kwavo kwe "kutendeseka kwezvematongerwe enyika" uye vaigona kudzingwa. Kwenguva yakati, Rebane akashanda mukuvaka, ipapo akatizira mumasango apo vaSoviet vakatanga
kudzingwa kwevanhu vakawanda muna 1941. Iye akatanga uye akatungamirira anti-Soviet Forest Hama chikwata muna Virumaa (Northern Estonia) muna May 1941.