The occupation of the Baltic states is the period in the history of the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) which started with the military occupation and annexation by the Soviet Union in 1939 and ended with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 and re-establishment of the independent and democratic Baltic states. During this period Baltic states were first occupied by the Soviet Union (see: Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact), then by Naz...
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The occupation of the Baltic states is the period in the history of the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) which started with the military occupation and annexation by the Soviet Union in 1939 and ended with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 and re-establishment of the independent and democratic Baltic states. During this period Baltic states were first occupied by the Soviet Union (see: Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact), then by Nazi Germany and subsequently retaken from Germany during the Baltic Offensive and reoccupied by the Soviet Union.
Most of the states did not recognise the incorporation of the Baltic states into the USSR. According to the Governments of Baltic states, , the United States , the U.S. courts of law , the European Parliament, , the European Court of Human Rights., and the United Nations Human Rights Council , these three countries were invaded, occupied and illegally incorporated into the Soviet Union under provisions of the 1939 Molotov...
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