User:Igny/Annexation of Baltic states by Soviet Union

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Lead. Possible title is history of independence of Baltic states.

Background[edit]

  • Russian Empire
  • History of independence (1918-1939)

Soviet invasion 1939-1941[edit]

  • Molotov pact
  • Ultimatums
  • Invasion and annexation
  • Soviet terror

World War 2[edit]

Occupation by Nazi Germany 1941-1944[edit]

  • Holocaust

Liberation from Nazism 1944[edit]

Red Army liberated (according to some scholars "re-occupied") the Baltic republics in 1944.

Struggle for independence 1944-1960s[edit]

  • Forest brothers
  • operation jungle
  • operation priboi

History of Baltic republics[edit]

  • main articles:history of Latvian,Estonian,Lithuanian SSRs

Gaining independence 1989-now[edit]

  • Soviet dissolution
  • Independence
  • Border issues
  • Membership in EU and NATO