The Provisional Government. proclaimed by the leaders of the revolt. was disbanded as Lithuania was occupied by the German Armies on the march into the Soviet Union. From 1945. when the Soviet Union reimposed its rule. until approximately 1953 an armed patriotic resistance movement waged a war against the Communists with approximately 50.000 Lithuanian patriots losing their lives. The Soviet leaders. in an effort to eliminate the national resistance. deported about every sixth Lithuanian to the distant parts of the Soviet Union or to concentration camps. where a large number of them died from the harsh conditions. starvation. and executions. Trials of partisans were held as late as 1955. Lithuania. together with the other Baltic republics.
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