As the Soviet forces were constantly reinforced, the casualties of the battle were 150,000–200,000 dead and wounded Soviet troops and 157–164 tanks. The German force of 22,250 men held off 136,830 Soviet troops. Roughly half of the infantry consisted of local Estonian conscripts motivated to resist the looming Soviet re-occupation. Several Western scholars refer to it as the Battle of the European SS for the 24 volunteer infantry battalions from Denmark, East Prussia, Flanders, Holland, Norway, and Wallonia within the Waffen-SS. The strategic aim of the Soviet Estonian Operation was to reoccupy Estonia as a favourable base for the invasions of Finland and East Prussia. The battle was fought on the Eastern Front during World War II. They fought for the strategically important Narva Isthmus from 25 July to 10 August 1944. The Battle of Tannenberg Line (German language: Die Schlacht um die Tannenbergstellung Estonian language: Sinimägede lahing Russian Битва за линию «Танненберг») was a military engagement between the German Army Detachment " Narwa" and the Soviet Leningrad Front. This is a sub-article to Battle of Narva.
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