The Russians forced Lithuania to allow its soil to be the base for Russian troops who were preparing attacks against the Germans. But the crushing blow came in 1940 when the Soviets occupied Lithuania and set up a rigged election that resulted in the incorporation of that nation into the Soviet Union. It was during that desperate period that literally thousands of Lithuanians died at the hands of the Russians and many. many others were illegally arrested or deported. Since that sad day when Lithuania was incorporated into the Soviet Union. it has been very difficult to get any news as to what is happening to the Lithuanian people. That news block also extends to its neighbors.
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