The occupation of the Baltic states was a period of annexation of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania by the Soviet Union from 1940 until its dissolution in 1991. For a brief period, Nazi Germany occupied the Baltic states after it invaded the Soviet Union in 1941.

The Soviet occupation of the Baltic states covers the period from the Soviet–Baltic mutual assistance pacts in 1939, to their invasion and annexation in 1940, to the mass deportations of 1941.

5 days ago · Germany turned the Baltic states and Belorussia (now Belarus) into a new territorial unit, Ostland, for which outright Germanization and eventual incorporation into the Reich was envisaged. Baltic cooperation became less forthright or ceased altogether.

The timeline of the occupation of the Baltic states lists key events in the military occupation of the three countries – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – by the Soviet Union and by Nazi Germany during World War II.

The USSR annexed the Baltic countries, disregarding the principles of international law, and carried out a violent sovietisation process in the annexed states. "People's Revolutions" were staged to show that these nations are prepared to give up their statehood voluntarily.

The occupation of the Baltic states was a period of annexation of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania by the Soviet Union from 1940 until its dissolution in 1991. For a brief period, Nazi Germany occupied the Baltic states after it invaded the Soviet Union in 1941.

Apr 16, 2021 · The rise of authoritarian regimes in Europe announced a shift in relations that would ultimately lead to the occupation of the Baltic States. Joseph Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union, tolerated the independence of Baltic states as long as …