Lithuania. and Estonia became inevitably embroiled in the power struggles being waged in warplanning rooms of Moscow and Berlin. Although neutral. the Soviet Union invaded these countries in mid1940. unlawfully ending their independence. One year later. the Soviets. anticipating a Nazi takeover of the Baltic countries began a mass deportation of tens of thousands of Baltic people. They were laying the groundwork for a future occupation and the fulfillment of their diabolical plans. Whole families were forever broken apart. others were sent to Siberia to live the rest of their lives literally in slavery. and still others were summarily executed.
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