Hannes Walter (3 December 1952 Tallinn – 26 November 2004) was an Estonian war historian.^[1]

In 1978 he graduated from Tartu University with a degree in history. In 2000, he received his PhD in cultural history from Tallinn University.^[1]

He was head of the Estonian History Museum's Maarjamäe branch. From 1997 to 2001 he worked as a ministerial advisor at the Estonian Defence Ministry. He became head of the Estonian War Museum in 2001, and held this position until his death in 2004.^[1]

Works

• Ausalt ja avameelselt Landeswehri sõjast, Võnnu lahingust, Riia operatsioonist (1989)
• Ausalt & avameelselt Eesti suurmeestest (1990) [1]
• Estonian Orders and Decorations (1998)[2]
• They followed the orders. Faith of the Estonian officers (1999) [3]
• General Johan laidoner. 115 years since born (1999) [4]
• Leaders of the 2 World Wars, Part I (2000) co-author [5]
• Leaders of the 2 World Wars, Part II (2000) co-author [6]
• Leaders of the 2 World Wars, Part III (2000) co-author [7]
• Vabadussõja kõrgemate juhtide memoriaali avamine Tallinna Kaitseväe kalmistul 28. novembril 2000. a. (2000) [8]
• They gave everything. The officers who fell in the War of Liberation (2002) [9]
• Hundred years of War (2002) [10]
• Naval battles on the Baltic Sea 1918–1919. The British and Estonian Navy in the War of Liberation (2003) [11]
• The Estonian State decorations (2003) [12]
• Jüriööst teisiti (2004) [13]

Articles

• Detsembrimäss oli Eesti huvides: 75 aasta tagune detsembrimäss Eestis oli Nõukogude Liidu globaalse agressiooni tüüpiline episood (1999) article
• Salaluure Eesti Vabariigi sündimise ajal. Luuramisi. (1999) article
• Husaar (2001) article
• About "The Holocaust Industry" (2002) [14]
• 28. juulil 1914 algas 20. sajand (2004)

Walters legacy

• Tagasi Euroopasse (1989) film script
• Kaks rahvast-üks meri (1990) film script