 On June 17, the day France surrendered to Germany, Estonia accepted the ultimatum and the statehood of Estonia de facto ceased to exist.The military occupation of the Republic of Estonia was complete by June 21, 1940 and rendered "official" by a communist coup d'état supported by the Soviet troops.Most of the Estonian Defence Forces and the Estonian Defence League surrendered according to the orders of the Estonian Government believing that resistance was useless and were disarmed by the Red Army.