Erna Raid

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Competitors conducting a beach landing exercise

Erna Raid (Template:Langx) was an annual international military exercise and competition, one of the longest and most difficult in the world, held every August from 1995 to 2011 in Estonia. It was organized by the Erna Society and commemorates the actions of the long-range reconnaissance group 'Erna' in the summer of 1941. [1]

Background

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The competition is named after the Erna long-range reconnaissance group (Template:Langx) and themed after its activities in the summer of 1941. In 1993, a group of enthusiasts followed the historical route of the Erna group of 1941 and came up with the idea of organizing a commemorative competition. A first try with only Estonian participants was held in 1994. In the autumn of 1994, the Erna society was founded, and in 1995, the first annual international competition was held.

Competition

The traditional parts of the competition were:

  • landing, in rubber boats, onto a "hostile" shore;
  • cross-country tactical movement and navigation, without night camp down, over a distance of around 150 kilometers while avoiding and escaping from "hostile" security forces;
  • various (and varying over the years) minigames during the competition. These may involve grenade throwing, combat first aid, and other military skills.

Foreign teams were always welcome to partake in the competition. In 2007, 28 teams from nine different countries participated: Estonia (18 teams), the Czech Republic (one), Denmark (one), Finland (two), Germany (one), Norway (two), Portugal (one), Sweden (one), and the United States (one), of which Portugal and the Czech Republic are newcomers. Teams from the United Kingdom have participated in earlier years (most recently, a British Territorial Army team in 2006), but only observed in 2007. A team from Cyprus also observed. Teams from the People's Republic of China have been traditionally successful in the competition and took 1st and 2nd place in 2002. Other successful teams have come from Finland and Norway.

Due to the home advantage attributed to the intimate knowledge of the terrain by the local teams, changes to the competition were discussed in 2011. [2]

In 2013, the competition was renamed the Admiral Pitka Recon Challenge after the Estonian War of Independence hero Johan Pitka and is now held in different locations throughout Estonia each year. [3]

Past results

The table below records the final results for the year's competition. It does not include retired and disqualified teams. DL is the acronym for the Defense League.

Position 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999
1st Template:Flagicon Scouts Battalion Template:Flagicon DL Põlva Template:Flagicon DL Tartu 1 Template:Flagicon DL Tartu 2 Template:Flagicon Reserve Officers Template:Flagicon Reserve Officers Template:Flagicon Scouts Bat. 1 Template:Flagicon Scouts Bat. 2 Template:Flagicon Finland 2 Template:Flagicon China 2 Template:Flagicon DL Järva Template:Flagicon Border Guard Template:Flagicon Border Guard
2nd Template:Flagicon Kirde KRK Template:Flagicon Scouts Battalion Template:Flagicon DL Tartu 2 Template:Flagicon Reserve Officers / DL Tallinn Template:Flagicon DL Tartu Template:Flagicon Scouts Bat. 1 Template:Flagicon Recce Bat. Template:Flagicon Reserve Officers Template:Flagicon Scouts Bat. Template:Flagicon China 1 Template:Flagicon Finland 2 Template:Flagicon Norway Template:Flagicon Kalev Inf. Bat.
3rd Template:Flagicon DL Harju 1 Template:Flagicon DL Tartu 2 Template:Flagicon Military Academy 2 Template:Flagicon Kuperjanovi Single Infantry Bn Template:Flagicon Finland 2 Template:Flagicon Military Academy Template:Flagicon Military Academy Template:Flagicon Scouts Bat. 1 Template:Flagicon DL Järva Template:Flagicon DL Harju Template:Flagicon Border Guard Template:Flagicon DL Harju Template:Flagicon DL Pärnu
4th Template:Flagicon Military Academy Template:Flagicon Military Academy 1 Template:Flagicon Kuperjanovi Single Inf Bn Template:Flagicon Border Guard Template:Flagicon Police Template:Flagicon DL Järva Template:Flagicon Finland 1 Template:Flagicon Military School Template:Flagicon Recce Bat. Template:Flagicon Security Police Template:Flagicon Logistics Bat. Template:Flagicon AA Battery Template:Flagicon China 2
5th Template:Flagicon Border Guard Template:Flagicon DL Järva 1 Template:Flagicon DL Tallinn 2 Template:Flagicon DL Tallinn 1 Template:Flagicon DL Järva Template:Flagicon Scouts Bat. 2 Template:Flagicon China 2 Template:Flagicon DL Pärnu Template:Flagicon China 2 Template:Flagicon Military Academy Template:Flagicon China 2 Template:Flagicon Logistics Bat. Template:Flagicon Finland 1
6th Template:Flagicon DL Järva 2 Template:Flagicon DL Järva 2 Template:Flagicon DL Järva 1 Template:Flagicon Military Academy Template:Flagicon Border Guard Template:Flagicon DL Tartu Template:Flagicon China 1 Template:Flagicon DL Järva Template:Flagicon Military Academy Template:Flagicon DL Järva Template:Flagicon Reserve Officers Template:Flagicon Finland 1 Template:Flagicon Guard Bat.
7th Template:Flagicon DL Põlva Template:Flagicon Border Guard Template:Flagicon Military Academy 1 Template:Flagicon EDF Logistics Centre Template:Flagicon Viru Bat. Template:Flagicon Police Template:Flagicon Air Defence Div. Template:Flagicon Denmark 1 Template:Flagicon Border Guard Template:Flagicon DL Tallinn Template:Flagicon AA Battery Template:Flagicon Reserve Officers Template:Flagicon DL Võru
8th Template:Flagicon DL Pärnu 2 Template:Flagicon DL Tartu 1 Template:Flagicon DL Põlva Template:Flagicon DL Tartu 1 Template:Flagicon DL Tallinn / Reserve Officers Template:Flagicon DL Tallinn Template:Flagicon Sweden Template:Flagicon Finland 2 Template:Flagicon China 1 Template:Flagicon Lithuania Template:Flagicon China 1 Template:Flagicon Kalev Inf. Bat. Template:Flagicon Denmark
9th Template:Flagicon Finland 3 Template:Flagicon NE Territorial Defence District Template:Flagicon DL Harju Template:Flagicon DL Valga Template:Flagicon Pärnu Bat. Template:Flagicon Germany Template:Flagicon Germany Template:Flagicon Lithuania Template:Flagicon Denmark Template:Flagicon Reserve Officers Template:Flagicon Guard Bat. Template:Flagicon EDF HQ Template:Flagicon DL Järva
10th Template:Flagicon DL Pärnu 1 Template:Flagicon Kuperjanovi Inf Bn Template:Flagicon Finland 2 Template:Flagicon Germany Template:Flagicon Finland 1 Template:Flagicon Border Guard Template:Flagicon Reserve Officers Template:Flagicon Recce Bat. Template:Flagicon DL Harju 2 Template:Flagicon Scout Bat. Template:Flagicon Security Police Template:Flagicon Security Police Template:Flagicon Norway 1
11th Template:Flagicon Nth. Guard Bat. Template:Flagicon DL Tallinn Nõmme Template:Flagicon DL Järva 2 Template:Flagicon DL Järva Template:Flagicon Germany Template:Flagicon EDF HQ Template:Flagicon DL Järva Template:Flagicon Logistic Bat. Template:Flagicon DL Tallinn 2 Template:Flagicon Border Guard Template:Flagicon Rescue Service Template:Flagicon Finland 2 Template:Flagicon Military Academy
12th Template:Flagicon Finland 2 Template:Flagicon DL Harju 1 Template:Flagicon EDF Log Centre CS Training Centre Template:Flagicon Viru Single Infantry Bn Template:Flagicon DL Harju Template:Flagicon Canada Template:Flagicon Guard Bat. Template:Flagicon China 2 Template:Flagicon DL Tallinn 1 Template:Flagicon Finland Template:Flagicon DL Tallinn Template:Flagicon Military Academy Template:Flagicon Reserve Officers
13th Template:Flagicon Denmark 2 Template:Flagicon DL Tallinn 2 Template:Flagicon Finland 1 Template:Flagicon Reserve Officers 2 Template:Flagicon Scouts Bat. Template:Flagicon Guard Bat. Template:Flagicon DL Tartu Template:Flagicon Air Defence Bat. Template:Flagicon DL Võrumaa Template:Flagicon Military School Template:Flagicon Norway 1 Template:Flagicon Sweden Template:Flagicon DL Põlva
14th Template:Flagicon DL Tartu Template:Flagicon DL Harju 2 Template:Flagicon Border Guard Template:Flagicon DL Pärnu Template:Flagicon Guard Bat. Template:Flagicon Finland 1 Template:Flagicon Denmark 2 Template:Flagicon Military Academy Template:Flagicon DL Pärnumaa Template:Flagicon DL Võrumaa Template:Flagicon Norway 2 Template:Flagicon Norway 2 Template:Flagicon China 1
15th Template:Flagicon DL Tallinn 2 Template:Flagicon Lithuania Template:Flagicon DL Women’s Corps Saaremaa Template:Flagicon Lithuania Template:Flagicon USA Template:Flagicon Viru Bat. Template:Flagicon DL Tallinn Template:Flagicon Denmark 2 Template:Flagicon DL Harju 1 Template:Flagicon Norway 1 Template:Flagicon Signal Bat. Template:Flagicon DL Võru Template:Flagicon Sweden
16th Template:Flagicon DL Järva Template:Flagicon Belgium Template:Flagicon DL Võru Template:Flagicon DL Alutaguse Women’s Team Template:Flagicon Denmark Template:Flagicon Finland 2 Template:Flagicon Finland 2 Template:Flagicon China 1 Template:Flagicon Reserve Officers Template:Flagicon Norway 2 Template:Flagicon Military Academy Template:Flagicon Germany Template:Flagicon United Kingdom
17th Template:Flagicon DL Tallinn Nõmme Template:Flagicon DL Pärnu Template:Flagicon Denmark 1 Template:Flagicon Denmark 1 Template:Flagicon Military Academy Template:Flagicon DL Valgamaa Template:Flagicon Scouts Bat. Template:Flagicon DL Võru Template:Flagicon Austria Template:Flagicon Romania Template:Flagicon DL Põlva Template:Flagicon DL Tallinn Template:Flagicon Norway 2
18th Template:Flagicon DL Pärnu 3 Template:Flagicon Military Academy 2 Template:Flagicon Denmark 2 Template:Flagicon DL Tallinn 2 (Toompea subunit) Template:Flagicon Norway 1 Template:Flagicon USA Template:Flagicon DL Võru Template:Flagicon Finland 1 Template:Flagicon Engineering School Template:Flagicon AA Battalion Template:Flagicon Finland 1 Template:Flagicon Denmark 1 Template:Flagicon Italy 2
19th Template:Flagicon Lithuania Template:Flagicon Sweden 1 Template:Flagicon DL Tallinn 1 Template:Flagicon Denmark 3 Template:Flagicon Sweden Template:Flagicon Denmark 1 Template:Flagicon Denmark 1 Template:Flagicon Sweden Template:Flagicon Military School Template:Flagicon Denmark 1 Template:Flagicon Sweden Template:Flagicon China 1 Template:Flagicon Women's DL
20th Template:Flagicon DL Harju Männiku Template:Flagicon DL Harju 3 Template:Flagicon DL Women’s Corps Võru Template:Flagicon Single Guard Bn Template:Flagicon Women's DL Template:Flagicon Great Britain Template:Flagicon Pärnu Bat. Template:Flagicon Germany Template:Flagicon Finland 1 Template:Flagicon Finland 2 Template:Flagicon DL Harju Template:Flagicon DL Järva Template:Flagicon UK
21st Template:Flagicon DL Tallinn Kalevi Template:Flagicon DL Alutaguse Women's Team Template:Flagicon DL Tallinn 3 Template:Flagicon Denmark 2 Template:Flagicon DL Võru Template:Flagicon Belgium Template:Flagicon USA Template:Flagicon Guard Bat. Template:Flagicon Lithuania Template:Flagicon Sweden Template:Flagicon EDF HQ Template:Flagicon China 2
22nd Template:Flagicon DL Harju 2 Template:Flagicon Sweden 2 Template:Flagicon USA Template:Flagicon Norway 2 Template:Flagicon Artillery Group Template:Flagicon DL Pärnu Template:Flagicon Belgium Template:Flagicon Police Template:Flagicon text Template:Flagicon Denmark Template:Flagicon Rescue Service
23rd Template:Flagicon Belgium Template:Flagicon Finland 2 Template:Flagicon Belgium Template:Flagicon Portugal Template:Flagicon Women's DL Võru Template:Flagicon Belgium Template:Flagicon DL Tallinn Template:Flagicon Rescue Service Template:Flagicon Italy Template:Flagicon USA Maryland Template:Flagicon Italy 1
24th Template:Flagicon Finland 4 Template:Flagicon Denmark Template:Flagicon DL Women’s Corps Rapla Template:Flagicon Denmark 3 Template:Flagicon Women's DL Võru Template:Flagicon Romania Template:Flagicon Sweden Template:Flagicon EDF HQ Template:Flagicon United Kingdom Template:Flagicon United Kingdom
25th Template:Flagicon Denmark 1 Template:Flagicon Norway 1 Template:Flagicon Latvia Template:Flagicon Italy Template:Flagicon Turkey Template:Flagicon Guard Bat. Template:Flagicon Rescue Service Template:Flagicon Women's DL Template:Flagicon Women's DL
26th Template:Flagicon Prison Service Template:Flagicon Denmark 2 Template:Flagicon Women's DL Template:Flagicon United Kingdom Template:Flagicon Women's DL Template:Flagicon Lithuania Template:Flagicon Italy 1
27th Template:Flagicon Finland 1 Template:Flagicon USA Template:Flagicon Poland Template:Flagicon United Kingdom Template:Flagicon Recce Battalion
28th Template:Flagicon 1.Infantry Bde Logistics Bat Template:Flagicon United Kingdom Template:Flagicon United Kingdom
29th Template:Flagicon Georgia

Russian accusations of glorifying Nazism

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Since the competition's initiation, sectors of the Russian media have claimed the competition's namesake was an attempt to glorify collaboration with Nazi Germany. [1] [2] [3] [4] In 2007, high-ranking government officials sharply criticized the competition, calling it "the glamorization of Nazism" and expressing outrage over NATO members participating in the competition. [5][6] Estonian officials attribute this recent development to the ongoing campaign for the 2008 Russian presidential election. [7] Russian officials claim that the commemoration of the Erna group today is part of alleged efforts by the Estonian authorities to glorify the Nazi past (other parts of it being the relocation of a memorial to Red Army invaders and an official greeting from the Minister of Defense to veterans of a unit of Estonians conscripted into a division organized within the Waffen SS to defend Estonia). [5]

An analyst of the US-based think tank Jamestown Foundation believes this view follows Soviet and post-Soviet Russia's official logic on two counts: first, that resistance to the Red Army was inherently illegitimate and conflatable with "fascism" in an occupied country or one targeted for occupation; second, that Estonia should be criticized for remembering an act of national resistance and its casualties. [8]

Estonia's Minister of Defense, Jaak Aaviksoo, called the accusations "regrettable" and recalled that the Erna group saved the lives of many civilians from the vengeful Soviet paramilitary units, and specifically pointed out cases of burning farmers alive along with their farms in Kutla. [9][10]

References

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  1. ↑ British Embassy in Tallinn August 5, 2006: ERNA RAID 2006 1–5 August Template:Webarchive
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  4. ↑ Об участии эстонского легиона СС в военных преступлениях в 1941-1945 гг. и попытках пересмотра в Эстонии приговора Нюрнбергского трибунала Template:Webarchive Template:In lang
  5. ↑ a b "Поход Эрна-2007". Часть истории или популяризация нацизма? Template:In lang
  6. ↑ Russia complains about military competition
  7. ↑ Eesti Päevaleht 7 August 2007: Paet: süüdistused on osa Vene valimiskampaaniast
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