User:Igny/Annexation of Baltic states by Soviet Union


 * Lead. Possible title is history of independence of Baltic states.

Background

 * Russian Empire
 * History of independence (1918-1939)

Soviet invasion 1939-1941

 * Molotov pact
 * Ultimatums
 * Invasion and annexation
 * Soviet terror

Occupation by Nazi Germany 1941-1944

 * Holocaust

Liberation from Nazism 1944
Red Army liberated (according to some scholars "re-occupied") the Baltic republics in 1944.

Struggle for independence 1944-1960s

 * Forest brothers
 * operation jungle
 * operation priboi

History of Baltic republics

 * main articles:history of Latvian,Estonian,Lithuanian SSRs

Gaining independence 1989-now

 * Soviet dissolution
 * Independence
 * Border issues
 * Membership in EU and NATO