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  2. Occupation of the Baltic states - Wikipedia

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    The occupation of the Baltic states was a period of annexation of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania by the Soviet Union from 1940 until its dissolution in 1991.For a brief period, Nazi Germany occupied the Baltic states after it invaded the Soviet Union in 1941.

  3. Timeline of the occupation of the Baltic states - Wikipedia

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    Most other Western countries maintain similar position until restoration of Baltic states' sovereignty in 1991. 30 July 1940, The president of Estonia, Konstantin Päts, is imprisoned by NKVD and deported to Russia where he dies in the mental hospital of Kalinin on 18 January 1956. 3 August 1940 Soviet Union annexes Lithuania.

  4. Category:Occupation of the Baltic states - Wikipedia

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    Background of the occupation of the Baltic states; Guerrilla war in the Baltic states; Baltic Legations (1940–1991) Baltic offensive; Baltic states under Soviet rule (1944–1991) Baltic–Soviet relations; Birch bark letters from Siberia; Broken Cornflower badge

  5. Baltic states under Soviet rule (1944–1991) - Wikipedia

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    The three Baltic states – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – were re-occupied in 1944–1945 by the Soviet Union (USSR) following the German occupation. The Baltic states regained independence in 1990–1991. In 1944–1945, World War II and the occupation by Nazi Germany ended.

  6. Wartime collaboration in the Baltic states - Wikipedia

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    Wartime collaboration occurred in every country occupied by Nazi Germany during the Second World War, including the Baltic states.The three Baltic republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, were occupied by the Soviet Union in the summer of 1940, and were later occupied by Germany in the summer of 1941 and then incorporated, together with parts of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic of ...

  7. Background of the occupation of the Baltic states - Wikipedia

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    In 1939, the British and French tried to arrange a "guarantee" of the Baltic states to the Soviet Union. The Baltic states would have preferred to remain neutral, but the only security systems on offer were German or Soviet. [27] In June 1939, Estonia and Latvia yielded to German pressure and signed non-aggression pacts. [28]

  8. Baltic states - Wikipedia

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    The Baltic states [a] or the Baltic countries is a geopolitical term encompassing Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. All three countries are members of NATO , the European Union , the Eurozone , Council of Europe , and the OECD .

  9. State continuity of the Baltic states - Wikipedia

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    The three Baltic countries, or the Baltic states – Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania – are held to have continued as independent states under international law [1] while under Soviet occupation from 1940 to 1991, as well as during the German occupation in 1941–1944/1945.