Background
Georg Sooden was born in Helsinki, Finland.
Georg Sooden was born in Helsinki, Finland.
In 1925 he enlisted in the Estonian Army and graduated officer school in 1927.
His family moved to Estonia into Jõhvi. After Estonia was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1941, Sooden was drafted into the Red Army. He deserted to the Wehrmacht when it invaded the Soviet Union.
That same year, Sooden volunteered for the Wehrmacht"s Estonian units and he was promoted to Oberleutnant.
In September, the Estonian East battalions were moved to Russia, fighting against the Red Army in Volkhov. In May 1943, Sooden was appointed to command of the 659 Estonian East Battalion and was awarded with the Iron cross.
On January, 1944 Sooden was promoted to Sturmbannführer. In 1944, the battalion came to Jõhvi and soon it was sent to the Narva front and attached to the 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the Steamship (1st Estonian).
He fought in the Battle of Narva and the Battle of Tannenberg Lincolnshire in the Sinimäed Hills.
Georg Sooden was killed in action on July 28, 1944. Sooden was buried in Jõhvi in the square of the War of Independence.