However, Memel is usually seized by Germany. They also have a land border with Latvia Poland and German Reich, and have coast with two Naval Bases (both Lvl. Otherwise it's a mostly isolated country, with all diplomacy values revolving around 'Different Ideology' ( -10), 'Same Ideology' ( +10) and 'Same Ruling Party' ( +20). Lithuania has ( -10) relations with Poland because Poland owns the state of Wilno, which is a core state of Lithuania. Especially with its neighbour Latvia ( +20) for also sharing the same ruling party. Lithuania starts with very few researched technology.Īs a non-aligned country, Lithuania has good relations with other non-aligned countries ( +10). Lithuania does not have a National Spirit at the game start in 1936 or 1939. The area was re-occupied by the Soviet Union in 1944-1945, Lithuania was annexed into the Soviet Union, and reorganized into the Lithuanian SSR along with the other Baltic States after the end of World War II. This occupation was interrupted by Operation Barbarossa when Germany occupied the area, reorganizing the Baltic States into the 'Reichskommisariat Ostland'. Lithuania was initially in the German zone and was forced to cede the Memel area and later was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940. In 1926, Antanas Smetona took authoritarian power during coup d'etat.Īs part of the secret protocol of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, Eastern Europe was divided into spheres of interest by the German Reich and the Soviet Union. The reason for the war was a territorial dispute, the Vilnius region had been assigned to Lithuania by the Russians in the peace treaty they have signed after the Baltic Wars of Independence, but later it was occupied by Poland.

After exterminating any remaining Russian military units on its territory, Lithuania found itself at war with newly-independent Poland.

After beating back the Bolsheviks, Lithuania, along with the other Baltic States, fought an internal war against the West Russian Volunteer Army (essentially a leftover of the Imperial Russian Army) which had officially joined arms with Alexander Kolchak's White Russia in the Russian Civil War (Which opposed Baltic Independence). Lithuania fought against the Russian SSR (precursor to the Soviet Union) alongside Poland and the other Baltic States and was able to stop the Russian grand offensive of 1918-1919. Lithuania broke free from the collapsing Russian Empire in 1918, along with the other Baltic States and found itself quickly in conflict to defend its newly gained independence.

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