Lithuania

Kaunas (Vilnius from 1939)

Flags 1939–1945

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Lithuania
1940-08-03
Soviet republic (1940 pattern)Lithuanian SSRLithuaniadiplomatic missions in exile
simplified version (without arms)

Course of events

23 August 1939
Neutral / non-belligerent
Neutral; received the Vilnius region from the USSR in October 1939.
15 June 1940
Soviet occupation / annexation
Occupied and annexed by the USSR (1940).
24 June 1941
Occupied by the Axis
German occupation (Kaunas and Vilnius taken 24 June 1941).
13 July 1944
Soviet occupation / annexation
Red Army took Vilnius on 13 July 1944; reincorporated into the USSR.

Events involving this country

15 Jun 1940Soviet occupation and annexation of the Baltic states

Data completeness: borders c. 1938, status at country level; occupation zones, annexations and front lines as approximate snapshots. Units and offensives: selected, incomplete sets; archive: only items with a confirmed licence, still being added.