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Kaunas pogrom in German-occupied Lithuania, June 1941. Photograph attributed to Wilhelm Gunsilius. [18]On June 22, 1941, the territory of the Lithuanian SSR was invaded by two advancing German army groups: Army Group North, which took over western and northern Lithuania, and Army Group Centre, which took over most of the Vilnius Region.
Eastern Front, June 1941-December 1941 Eastern Front, August 1943-December 1944. During World War II, Lithuania was occupied twice by the Soviet Union (1940–1941; post-1944) and once by Nazi Germany (1941–1944).
Germany demanded that Lithuania give up the Klaipėda Region (also known as the Memel Territory) which had been detached from Germany after World War I, or the Wehrmacht would invade Lithuania and the de facto Lithuanian capital Kaunas would be bombed. The Lithuanians had been expecting the demand after years of rising tension between Lithuania ...
The Holocaust in Lithuania, 1941–1945: A Book of Remembrance (3 vols.). (R. L. Cohen, Ed.). Gefen Books. Koniuchowsky, Leyb (2020). The Lithuanian slaughter of its Jews: the testimonies of 121 Jewish survivors of the Holocaust in Lithuania, recorded by Leyb Koniuchowsky, in Displaced Persons' Camps (1946-48). Translated by Boyarin, Jonathan.
Lithuania in World War II — the history of Lithuania from 15 June 1940 to 7 May 7 1945. See also the preceding Category:History of Lithuania (1918–1940) and the succeeding Category:Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
The Lithuanian Territorial Defense Force (abbreviated LTDF; Lithuanian: Lietuvos vietinė rinktinė, LVR) was a short-lived Lithuanian volunteer military unit created with German support during the occupation of Lithuania during World War II with the stated intention of combatting the quickly approaching Red Army and Soviet and Polish insurgents, and thus ensure security in General District of ...
At the beginning of World War II, which began with the German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, Lithuania remained a neutral country. However, after Poland's defeat, pressure intensified on Lithuania, which was forced to sign he mutual assistance pact of October 10, 1939, with the Soviet Union, making it a de facto Soviet protectorate. [4]
Occupation of Lithuania may refer to: Soviet occupation of the Baltic states (1940), including Lithuania; Occupation of Lithuania by Nazi Germany during World War II (1941–1944) Soviet re-occupation of the Baltic states (1944), including Lithuania