August 28, 1942, on the anniversary of Tallinn' liberation, Estonian General Commissar SA-Obergruppenführer Karl Siegmund Litzmann announced that the German higher board gave the permission to form the Estonian Legion that would operate under the Waffen-SS. At first men were recruited from eastern and police battalions. The legion was supposed the be the size of a regiment and consist of three battalions (each having four companies) and grenade launchers and anti-tank defense company. The first meeting of the legion founders took place in Pihkva.
