Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Sojojin Soviet sun sake mallakar Estonia a cikin kaka na 1944 bayan yaƙe-yaƙe masu zafi a arewa maso gabashin ƙasar a kan kogin Narva (duba Battle of Narva) kuma a kan
Layin Tannenberg (Sinimäed). A cikin 1944, yayin da Red Army ke sake mamaye ƙasar, mutane 80,000 suka tsere daga Estonia ta teku zuwa Finland da Sweden, suka zama 'yan gudun hijirar yaƙi kuma daga baya, baƙi. 'Yan Estonia 25,000 sun isa Sweden da kuma wasu 42,000 zuwa Jamus. A lokacin yaƙin kimanin 'yan Sweden 8,000 na Estonia da danginsu sun yi hijira zuwa Sweden. Bayan da 'yan Jamus suka janye, 'yan'uwan Forest guda 30,000 sun ɓoye a cikin gandun daji na Estonia, don shirya don yaƙin guerrilla mai girma. Kwamandan na 46. SS Grenadier Regiment, Friedrich Kurg, ya tsaya tare da mafi yawan mutanensa a cikin gandun daji na Estonia.