Lithuania returned not to independence but to Soviet domination. When the Soviets retook the country in 1944. some 80.000 Lithuanians fled to Western Germany. Another 60.000 were found in Eastern Germany and deported to Siberia. During 1945 and 1946 an additional 145.000 Lithuanians were deported. Still another massive deportation occurred when some 60.000 Lithuanians were deported in March 1949. It is reported that since Stalins death that about onethird of those deported have been permitted to return home. Most of the others. it is believed. perished in the meantime. In reference to U.S. policy toward Lithuania. the United States recognized the independent Lithuanian Government on July 27. 1922. and It has never recognized the nations incorporation into the Soviet Union.
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