Europe 269
255 Germany/365 Russia
MID#2604
Started in January 1919. See the narrative in the 365 Russia/367 Latvia dyad dispute
list.
255 Germany/366 Estonia
MID#1269
Started in March 1919. See the narrative in the 255 Germany/367 Latvia dyad dispute list.
MID#3809
Dispute Number: 3809
Date(s): December 10, 1939
Participants: 255 Germany/366 Estonia
Outcome (and Settlement): Released (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Germany seized an Estonian boat carrying Polish officers to Britain.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from December 12, 1939. End Date changed
from December 12, 1939.
255 Germany/367 Latvia
MID#1269
Dispute Number: 1269
Date(s): March 8, 1919 to December 15, 1919
Participants: 255 Germany/200 United Kingdom, 290 Poland, 366 Estonia, 367
Latvia
Outcome (and Settlement): Victory for side B (Negotiated)
Fatalities: 26–100 deaths
Narrative: This dispute begins with a German attempt to establish a protectorate and
influence what was agreed in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. There was some division in
the Germans between those that followed Commander von der Goltz and those who
followed the Bolsheviks. The main body of the German army under von der Goltz
command in Latvia overthrew the Bolshevik Ulmanis government in Riga, establish-
ing their own in March 1919. The members of the Ulmanis government sought refuge
in the British mission from von der Goltz army. The rest of the German army that
had been stationed nearby marched into Riga on May 18, and was met with very little
opposition.
The next course of action for the Germans was to move into Estonia to establish a
similar protectorate there. The occupation of Latvia, and specifically Riga, was only