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Sherman Tank of Polish I Corps fighting in Western Europe during WWII Norden M2WS bombsight Interior of the museum. The Museum of the Second World War (Polish: Muzeum II Wojny Światowej) is a state cultural institution and museum established in 2008 in Gdańsk, Poland, which is devoted to the Second World War. Its exhibits opened in 2017.
The 1938 Polish ultimatum to Lithuania was delivered to Lithuania by Poland on March 17, 1938. The Lithuanian government had steadfastly refused to have any diplomatic relations with Poland after 1920, protesting the annexation of the Vilnius Region by Poland. [ 1 ]
The conflict started when Lucjan Żeligowski captured Vilnius and establishmed the Polish puppet state known as the Republic of Central Lithuania, Żeligowski advanced into Lithuania and was defeated at Giedraičiai and on November 19, Żeligowski proposed to the Control Commission, led by Chardigny, to cease hostilities.
The issue of Polish and Lithuanian relations during the World War II is a controversial one, and some modern Lithuanian and Polish historians still differ in their interpretations of the related events, many of which are related to the Lithuanian collaboration with Nazi Germany and the operations of Polish resistance organization of Armia Krajowa on territories inhabited by Lithuanians and Poles.
The museum has a large collection of Russian, Polish and German World War II and post-war military equipment. The military equipment is displayed in a permanent outdoor exhibition covering 2 hectares (4.9 acres), and includes tanks, artillery pieces, armoured vehicles, rockets and aircraft.
Lithuanian Aviation Museum: Aviation Museum located in Kaunas, Lithuania. Lithuanian Road Museum: Museum that collects, displays and interprets objects related to road building. Lithuanian Museum of Ancient Beekeeping: Museum displays the history of beekeeping in the area. The museum, part of Aukštaitija National Park, was founded by the ...
City Museum established. Śmigły Wilno soccer team formed. 1939 18–19 September: Battle of Wilno (1939) between the Poles and the invading Soviets at the start of World War II. Soviets in power. 28 October: Lithuanians in power. Vilnius Pedagogical Institute established. 1940 City becomes capital of Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic.
Lithuanian partisans (Lithuanian: Lietuvos partizanai) were partisans who waged guerrilla warfare in Lithuania against the Soviet Union in 1944–1953. Similar anti-Soviet resistance groups, also known as Forest Brothers and cursed soldiers , fought against Soviet rule in Estonia, Latvia and Poland.