Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: USSR yakatanga utongi hwekudzvinyirira; vakawanda vevakuru vakuru vehurumende nevemauto, vakangwara nevemaindasitiri vakasungwa, uye kazhinji vakaurayiwa nokukurumidza pashure pacho. Kudzvinyirira kweSoviet kwakaguma musi wa14 June 1941 ne
kudzingwa kwevanhu vakawanda kwevanhu vanenge 11 000 vachiendeswa kuSiberia, pakati pavo vanopfuura hafu vakafira mumamiriro ezvinhu asina hunhu. 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 nekurasikirwa kukuru, uye kubatwa kwezvitsuwa zveEstonia kwakapedzwa nemauto eGerman muna Gumiguru.