Born and raised in
Estonia, which was then part of the
Russian Empire, Andresson served in the
Czarist Cavalry during
World War I. During the
Estonian War of Independence against Bolshevist Russia from 1918 until 1920 Andresson served in the 1st Cavalry Regiment of the
Estonian Army and from 1920 to 1940 in the Cavalry Regiment and the Ministry of War's Horse Breeding Station as a non-commissioned officer and a veterinarian. During the
Soviet invasion and
occupation of Estonia in 1940, during
World War II, Andresson served in
Wehrmacht Cavalry division from 1940 until 1945. Following Germany's defeat Andresson fled to the
United States of America with his second wife Hilda Andresson (née Vilms, the widow of
Juhan Piirimaa). In 1960, he was elected president of the Union of Estonian Freedom Fighters (). For years, he published a monthly Estonian Freedom Fighters bulletin called
Virgats, and was instrumental in the construction of a granite monument in their honor on the grounds of the
Lutheran Church in Northville,
New Jersey. From 1973 until 1990, Andresson served as the Minister of War in Exile. Andresson died in
Deerfield, New Jersey, and was interred at the Northville Estonian Lutheran Cemetery in
Cumberland County, New Jersey. His wife Hilda died in 1995 and was interred next to him. ==Acknowledgements==