They had dreamed of the return of a Lithuanian state which would not be as extensive or grand as that in the Middle Ages when Lithuania was the greatest state in Central Europe. but nevertheless it would unite them and allow them to develop without hindrance in the way in which they wanted. But this happy. independent state was not destined to continue long. At the beginning of World War II. the covetous eyes of the Nazi and Russian leaders turned to this little Baltic nation. After a seesaw battle between these two antagonists in which many Lithuanians perished or were deported. Lithuania finally fell once more under Russian domination. As before. the oppressed Lithuanians now find themselves resisting Russian efforts to mold them in their image. only this time with a Communist slant which is alien to the freedomloving Lithuanians.
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