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Latvia has been occupied by military forces from other nations from time to time. Military occupations of Latvia have included: Livonian Crusade (13th century) Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940; Occupation of Latvia by Nazi Germany (1941–1945) Soviet re-occupation of Latvia in 1944; Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (21 July 1940 – 21 ...
Guerrilla war in the Baltic states: Estonian partisans Latvian partisans Lithuanian partisans: Soviet Union: Soviet victory. Defeat of the partisans; 1991 13–27 January The Barricades (part of the Singing Revolution) Latvia: Soviet Union: Victory. Dissolution of Riga OMON [ru; lv] Eventual independence of Latvia on 21 August 1991 [6]
A secret protocol of the pact places Estonia, Latvia, and Finland in Soviet sphere of interest, Lithuania in Germany's sphere of influence. Poland was effectively divided between Stalin and Hitler. 1 September 1939, Nazi Germany invades Poland. This event signifies the start of World War II in Europe.
13 January: Russian army troops opened fire on demonstrators in Riga, killing seventy-three and injuring two hundred people. A revolution took place in the Baltic region directed primarily against German landowners and Russian autocracy. 1914: 1 August: World War I: The war began. 1918: 18 November: An independent Latvia was proclaimed. 1919
Latvia followed on 5 October 1939 and Lithuania shortly thereafter, on 10 October 1939. The agreements permitted the Soviet Union to establish military bases on the Baltic states' territory for the duration of the European war [26] and to station 25,000 Soviet soldiers in Estonia, 30,000 in Latvia and 20,000 in Lithuania starting October 1939.
Soon after reinstating independence, Latvia, which had been a member of the League of Nations prior to World War II, became a member of the United Nations. In 1992, Latvia became eligible for the International Monetary Fund and in 1994 took part in the NATO Partnership for Peace program in addition to signing the free trade agreement with the ...
Latvian national partisans waged guerrilla warfare against Soviet rule during the Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940 during World War II, and the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic after the war. Similar anti-Soviet resistance groups fought against Soviet rule in Estonia , Lithuania , Belarus , Poland , Romania , Hungary and Galicia (Eastern ...
The Republic of Latvia declared the end of the transitional period and restored complete independence on 21 August 1991 in the aftermath of the failed Soviet coup attempt. [33] Latvia, as well as Lithuania and Estonia de facto ceased to be parts of the USSR four months before the Soviet Union itself ceased to exist (26 December 1991). Soon, on ...