On June 15. 1940. the results of this infamous MolotovRibbentrop Pact were seen as the Soviet Union forcefully invaded the Baltic States of Estonia. Latvia. and Lithuania with 300.000 soldiers supported by planes and armored forces. A mass deportation of hundreds of thousands of Lithuanians to Siberian concentration camps soon followed. Although the people of Lithuania and the other Baltic States have since been living under Soviet rule. they have continued to maintain their nationalistic spirit despite religious persecution and repression of their cultural. political. and language preferences. The United States rightfully has never recognized the Soviet Unions violent and illegal annexation of Lithuania but continues to recognize the diplomatic corps established by the independent Lithuania.
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