Widespread bloodshed ensued when the Baltic guerrillas took to the forests to establish a network of armed opposition to the illegal occupiers. More people were killed when Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union. When the Soviets returned the second time in 1944. they were determined to stay and began a brutal plan of collectivizing the countryside. Farmers were forcibly evicted and deported. More troops than ever were brought in to destroy the guerrilla movement. In spite of the overwhelming oppression. the peoples of the Baltic States are struggling to maintain their linguistic. ethnic. and religious identities. They continue to fight against the oppressive political system which has destroyed every vestige of democracy and religious freedom.
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