began to attack the retreating Germans, attempting to secure supplies and weapons to continue a guerrilla war as the Forest Brothers against the Soviet occupation. Several troops of the Estonian Division stayed in Estonia. These units continued fighting, some survivors joining the guerrilla groups which fought the Soviet occupying forces until the end of the 1970s. In popular culture The battle is featured in the 2015 Estonian war drama 1944. See also Battle of Narva (1944) for the first phase of the campaign Documentary film The Blue Hills References Conflicts in 1944 1944 in Estonia Ida-Viru County Battle of Narva (1944) Battles involving Estonia Generalbezirk Estland Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic July 1944 events August 1944 events