Almost immediately thereafter followed the Nazi blitzkreig against Poland. and the Soviet Union imposed mutual assistance treaties upon the tiny Baltic nations. taking advantage of their strategic location on the Baltic Sea. It was not long before the Soviet Union annexed the Baltic nations and instituted a policy of Russification. A program of terror began. in which mass deportation and imprisonment were used in an attempt to destroy the culture and freedom of the Baltic peoples. Over 48.000 Estonians. Latvians. and Lithuanians suffered the horror of being kidnapped from their homes. separated from family members. and loaded into cattle cars. without any notice of where they were being sent.
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