With the rest of Europe already plunged into Hitlers war. there was nowhere to turn or no way out for the unfortunate victims of the latest in Soviet expansionand all three countries capitulated to the force of Communist armies. Liberty was at an end. To insure that there would be nothing left of some of the social elements within each country possibly demanding or working toward freedom and against the interests of the Russians. a policy of mass deportations was instigated that saw a swelling of the populations in the Siberian slave labor camps. this was only halted with the German invasion of Russia and the Baltic. and the passing of control over these countries from Russian to German hands. For a brief moment after the fall of Hitler. Germany hoped there might be a chance for a return of freedom to the Baltic States. but that hope was nipped quickly in the bud by an immediate return of Soviet troops to the Baltic area. and an immediate reinforcement of the Communist rule of terror to keep the people under.
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