1939Lithuania Signs Mutual Assistance Pact with USSR

Lithuania signs a 15-year Mutual Assistance Pact with the So...
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🤝 Lithuania Signs Mutual Assistance Pact with USSR

Lithuania signs a 15-year Mutual Assistance Pact with the Soviet Union, which allows the Soviets to have 20,000 men in military bases in Lithuania. In a secret protocol, Vilnius is made Lithuanian territory.
Lithuania Signs Mutual Assistance Pact with USSR (1939)
RussiaLithuaniaSoviet UnionBaltic StatesTreatyMilitary BasesAnnexationSecret Protocol

🤝 Estonia Signs Mutual Assistance Pact with USSR

Estonia signs a 10-year Mutual Assistance Pact with the Soviet Union, which allows the Soviets to have 30 000-men military bases in Estonia. As a gift in return Stalin promises to respect Estonian independence.
Estonia Signs Mutual Assistance Pact with USSR (1939)
EstoniaSoviet UnionMutual Assistance PactMilitary basesBaltic StatesOccupationDiplomacyAnnexationEastern Front

🤝 Lithuania Negotiates with Stalin over Soviet Bases

Lithuanians meet Stalin and Molotov in Moscow. Stalin offers Lithuania the city of Vilnius (in Poland) in return for allowing Soviet military bases in Lithuania. The Lithuanians are reluctant.
Lithuania Negotiates with Stalin over Soviet Bases (1939)
Soviet UnionLithuaniaBaltic StatesMolotovStalinMilitary BasesAnnexationEastern Europe

🤝 Latvia Signs Mutual Assistance Pact with Soviet Union

Latvia signs a 10-year Mutual Assistance Pact with the Soviet Union, which allows the Soviets to have 25,000 men in military bases in Latvia. Stalin promises to respect Latvian independence.
Latvia Signs Mutual Assistance Pact with Soviet Union (1939)
Soviet UnionLatviaBaltic StatesMutual Assistance PactMilitary BasesAnnexationEastern EuropeDiplomacy

🚩 Soviet Occupation of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are occupied by the Soviet Union.
Soviet Occupation of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (1940)
Soviet UnionEstoniaLatviaLithuaniaOccupationAnnexationWorld War IIBaltic StatesExpansionismEastern Europe

🇱🇹 USSR Formally Annexes Lithuania

The USSR formally annexes Lithuania.
USSR Formally Annexes Lithuania (1940)
Soviet UnionLithuaniaAnnexationBaltic StatesWorld War IIOccupation