Our understanding of history is often superficial, but when we try to dig deeper into the truth of history, we often find that the real history is more complicated than we are. Most people only know about the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union against Germany, but few people know about the Soviet-Finnish War against Finland against the Soviet Union; most people only know that Germany tore up the "Soviet-German Non-aggression Pact" and implemented the Barbarossa plan to invade the Soviet Union, but Don't know the plan of the big thunderstorm buried deep in the dust of history. Only when we really try to discover the truth of history will we understand that the battle between the two countries that once took place on the plains of Eastern Europe, the battle between the two camps, actually has no justice or injustice in the strict sense. . And those small countries sandwiched between the two big countries have suffered the most tragic fate - being invaded by both the Soviet Union and Germany at the same time. This is true in Finland, in Poland, and in the three Baltic states. Estonia is a country that has experienced such a fate. The movie "1944" provides us with a set of data at the beginning: During World War II, a total of 55,000 Estonians joined the Soviet-Russian Red Army, and 72,000 were drafted into the German army. Therefore, it can be said that the vast majority of the two sides confronting the front line in Estonia at that time were their own compatriots. That's why there is a scene like the one in the movie: the Soviet captain heard the order shouted by the German SS soldiers in the position was actually in Estonian, so he ordered a ceasefire. The SS Estonian soldiers also gave up their resistance at the same time. After the two sides looked at each other, the soldiers of the Estonian division silently surrendered their positions to the Red Army. This was the fate of the Estonians at that time - swords faced each other between compatriots, but most of them were not fighting for doctrine, but were forced and coerced. Corresponding to the forced conscription of the Soviet Union, the Estonians who joined the German army were more of their own accord. Due to the signing of the "Soviet-German Nonaggression Pact", the three Baltic countries were included in the Soviet Union. Although Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, the Soviet Union carried out stormy reforms during the year it ruled Estonia. Thousands of family wives The ions were scattered, and countless people were exiled to the cold and desolate Siberia because they were reported, kept secret, and censored, who were found to be hostile to the construction of Soviet socialism. So when the Germans came, the locals saw them not as invaders, but more as liberators. That's why there is a historical event in which 72,000 people join the Wehrmacht in the opening sequence. However, the Germans they had high hopes for did not help them succeed in independence. The German army's continuous retreat on the battlefield, the collapse of the Tannenberg Line, and Finland's "abandoning the dark to the light" made the Germans have to give up Estonia. Tens of thousands of Estonian Red Army soldiers successfully conquered the capital Tallinn. The blue, black and white tricolor flag, which once symbolized Estonian national independence, flew over the country again. However, they did not know that this was the beginning of the tragic fate of Estonia that lasted for more than four decades. Three months after the tricolor was flown, Tallinn was taken over by the Soviet Union, and the tricolor was replaced by a red flag with a sickle and hammer. Estonia once again "joined" the Soviet Union. In order to punish the Estonians for their resistance to the Soviet Union in the Soviet-German war, Stalin exiled more locals to the Gulag in Siberia, and countless blood and tears were shed on the long journey from their hometown to Siberia. When I read the history of Soviet independence when I was a child, I always complained about why the three Baltic countries were so active in their independence, adding the final straw to the collapse of this red empire. It wasn't until later, when I learned about this history, that I realized how much suffering the Estonians had gone through, and that Soviet rule was like a thorn in their hearts that they never wanted to pull out. So when the red regime in 1989 was precarious, the three Baltic countries did not hesitate to leave this edifice and joined the Western camp without hesitation. "1944", a film that shows us the fate of Estonians in the cracks. The objective and cold statement of that period of history does not tell us who is right and who is wrong, but only shows us the tragedies that compatriots have to fight against each other, and lovers have to deceive each other. This is the tragedy of a small country. When the trend of history begins to become chaotic, they can only be coerced and involved in the tide of history. It was so in the past, so it is now, and so it will be in the future. 1944 was a year full of blood and fire for Estonia, and it was also the year that opened another tragic history of Estonia. When I read the history of Soviet independence when I was a child, I always complained about why the three Baltic countries were so active in their independence, adding the final straw to the collapse of this red empire. It wasn't until later, when I learned about this history, that I realized how much suffering the Estonians had gone through, and that Soviet rule was like a thorn in their hearts that they never wanted to pull out. So when the red regime in 1989 was precarious, the three Baltic countries did not hesitate to leave this edifice and joined the Western camp without hesitation. "1944", a film that shows us the fate of Estonians in the cracks. The objective and cold statement of that period of history does not tell us who is right and who is wrong, but only shows us the tragedies that compatriots have to fight against each other, and lovers have to deceive each other. This is the tragedy of a small country. When the trend of history begins to become chaotic, they can only be coerced and involved in the tide of history. It was so in the past, so it is now, and so it will be in the future. 1944 was a year full of blood and fire for Estonia, and it was also the year that opened another tragic history of Estonia. When I read the history of Soviet independence when I was a child, I always complained about why the three Baltic countries were so active in their independence, adding the final straw to the collapse of this red empire. It was only later, when I learned about this history, that I realized how much suffering the Estonians had gone through, and that Soviet rule was like a thorn in their hearts, and they never wanted to pull it out. So when the red regime in 1989 was precarious, the three Baltic countries did not hesitate to leave this edifice and joined the Western camp without hesitation. "1944", a film that shows us the fate of Estonians in the cracks. The objective and cold statement of that period of history does not tell us who is right and who is wrong, but only shows us the tragedies that compatriots have to fight against each other, and lovers have to deceive each other. This is the tragedy of a small country. When the trend of history begins to become chaotic, they can only be coerced and involved in the tide of history. It was so in the past, so it is now, and so it will be in the future. 1944 was a year full of blood and fire for Estonia, and it was also the year that opened another tragic history of Estonia.
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