Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - USSR yakatanga hurumende yekudzvinyirira; vazhinji vevakuru vakuru vehurumende nevakuru vemauto, vakangwara uye vezvemaindasitiri vakasungwa, uye kazhinji vakaurayiwa nguva pfupi yapfuura. Kudzvinyirira kweSoviet kwakaguma musi wa14 June 1941 nokudzingwa kwevanhu vakawanda vanosvika 11 000 kuSiberia, pakati pavo vanopfuura hafu vakafira mumamiriro ezvinhu asina kunaka. Apo Operation Barbarossa yeGermany yaiperekedzwa nemasoja eEstonia anonzi "Forest Brothers" yakatanga kurwisana neSoviet Union musi wa22 Chikumi 1941 mune inonzi "Hondo yeZhizha" (), varume vechidiki veEstonia vanenge 34 000 vakamanikidzwa kupinda muRed Army, vashoma pane 30% avo vakapona muhondo. Mabhatani okuparadza eSoviet akatanga mutemo wepasi rakatsva. Vasungwa vezvematongerwe enyika vakanga vasingakwanisi kubviswa vakaurayiwa neNKVD. Vanhu vakawanda vokuEstonia vakaenda musango, vakatanga kurwisa Soviet Union. Muna July, Wehrmacht yeGermany yakasvika kumaodzanyemba kweEstonia. USSR yakabvisa Tallinn
mukupera kwaAugust nokurasikirwa kukuru, uye kubatwa kwezvitsuwa zveEstonia kwakapedzwa nemauto eGermany muna October.