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The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a sovereign state in northeastern Europe that existed from the 13th century, [5] succeeding the Kingdom of Lithuania, to the late 18th century, [6] when the territory was suppressed during the 1795 partitions of Poland–Lithuania.
Three of NATO's members are nuclear weapons states: France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. NATO has 12 original founding member states. Three more members joined between 1952 and 1955, and a fourth joined in 1982. Since the end of the Cold War, NATO has added 16 more members from 1999 to 2024. [1]
Lithuania, [b] officially the Republic of Lithuania, [c] is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. [d] It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and the Russian semi-exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest, with a maritime border with Sweden to the west.
Due to the threat of Russia, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Kingdom of Poland formed the Union of Lublin in 1569 as the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. From 16th to 18th centuries the united Polish–Lithuanian state fought with Denmark, Russia and Sweden for Estonian and Latvian lands in the Livonian and Northern wars.
However, Lithuania lost a part of its eastern lands, most notably the strategically important fortress of Smolensk. [7] The Grand Ducal Lithuanian Army fought against Muscovy in the Livonian War and won against the Muscovite army, twice its size in the Battle of Ula in 1564. [7] Three years into the Livonian War, the Treaty of Vilnius.
Lithuania: Branch: Army: Type: Land force: Role: Defend territory of Lithuania and act as an integral part of NATO forces: Size: 12,000 active duty 5,400 volunteer force ~3,500 conscripts [1] Part of: Lithuanian Armed Forces: Garrison/HQ: Vilnius: Motto(s) Vienybėje jėga, tikėjime - pergalė! (Translation: "Strength in unity, victory in ...
The map shows in red all of the territory that was ruled by Zygmunt III Waza in 1619 (the Polish monarch at that time), which made up the Commonwealth; it can be further divided up into: Crown of the Kingdom of Poland; Duchy of Prussia (Polish fief) Grand Duchy of Lithuania; Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (Lithuanian fief) Duchy of Livonia ...
English: Map of Europe showing NATO (blue) and the Warsaw Pact (red) ca. 1982. Deutsch: Karte von Europa mit NATO (blau) und der Warschauer Pakt (rot), c. 1982 Português: Mapa da Europa com NATO em azul e o Pacto de Varsóvia em vermelho em 1982.