The Lithuanian nation resorted to arms in 1941 and succeeded in restoring its state sovereignty in Lithuanias territory for a brief interval. only to have it suppressed by the German Nazi occupation. 3. The Lithuanian people continued the unequal struggle for freedom from 1944 to 1052. when large Soviet military and police forces finally managed to extinguish armed resistance against Bolshevik oppression. 4. The Soviet Russian occupying power has perpetuated acts of genocide in Lithuania. resulting in the deportation to Siberia and other remote areas and in physical extermination of about one million Lithuanians. 5. Soviet Russia maintains its illegal overlordship in Lithuania to this very day. 6. Following the destruction of armed guerrilla forces by the occupying power. the freedom fight of the Lithuanian nation acquired different forms. which received worldwide attention.
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