Lemtingieji metai. Lietuvos šaulių sąjungos veikla sovietinės okupacijos išvakarėse ir jos likvidavimo klausimai
Decisive Years. Issues of Activities of the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union on the Eve of the Soviet Occupation, and its Liquidation
Author(s): Vygantas VareikisSubject(s): Military history, Political history, Military policy, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), History of Communism
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: Lithuanian armed forces; Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union; Soviet occupation; Pranas Saladžius; Konstantinas Žukas; liquidation of the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union;
Summary/Abstract: The article, based on unpublished archival documents from the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union and the Lithuanian armed forces repositories, and recent historiographic publications, deals with the challenges faced by Lithuania and the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union, and their military plans on the eve of the Second World War. The Soviet authorities in Lithuania were concerned with disarming the riflemen as quickly as possible, seeing them as a force capable of putting up politically undesirable resistance. The article analyses the liquidation of the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union after the Soviet occupation in 1940, discusses the issues of seizure of property of the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union and seizure of armaments from the Riflemen’s units.
Journal: Istorija. Lietuvos aukštųjų mokyklų mokslo darbai
- Issue Year: 116/2019
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 55-77
- Page Count: 23
- Language: Lithuanian