Particularly serious battles occurred in November and December against a Latvian battalion that was led by Lt Roberts Rubenis. Narva Offensive (March 1944) Narva Offensive (July 1944) Battle of Tannenberg Line.

Between late October and early December, 1944, Germans wiped out Kurelis' group. National forces saw this as permission to re-establish their own forces, which could defend Latvia after the German withdrawal. A military unit led by General Jānis Kurelis was established in the summer of 1944 with German permission to conduct diversions behind the lines of the Soviet forces. The Latvian Central Council also helped to organise boats for refugees who fled across the Baltic Sea. They were sent to a prison camp at Salaspils and then to the Stutthof concentration camp in Eastern Prussia. The Nazi Gestapo arrested some of those who did so, including the chairman of the council, Konstantīns Čakste. On March 17, 1944, its participants signed a memorandum to declare the need to restore Latvia's sovereignty. The Latvian Central Council was established on August 13, 1943, with the aim of restoring the independence of the Republic of Latvia.

1944 battle of tannenberg line