Monument to Victims of the Christmas Battles in Pienava
Memorial site
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Located in Tukums region, on the side of the A9 motorway, about a kilometer behind Pienava in the direction of Liepaja.
The memorial is erected on the site of the Third Battle of Kurzeme or the Christmas battles in 1944. At the end of World War II, a peculiar situation had developed in the territory of Latvia. There were German army forces in Kurzeme, which the Red Army tried to eliminate or prevent their involvement in the fighting in East Prussia or around Berlin. "Kurzeme Fortress" - the most common term to describe the battles in Kurzeme from 1944 to 1945. The "battles of Kurzeme" were the military action of the German army to repel the large-scale attacks of the Red Army. Latvian legionnaires also took an active part in the fighting in Kurzeme.
Today you can see the memorial site. The open countryside without the oldest buildings is a witness to the war.
Used sources and references:
Latvian soldier during the Second World War. Daugava Vanagu Central Board Edition, Volume 5. 1977
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