Politiniai ir kariniai Klaipėdos krašto praradimo aspektai 1938–1939 metais | Seizure of Klaipėda Region in 1938-1939: Political and Military Aspects
Volume 21 (2010): Klaipėdos krašto aneksija 1939 m.: politiniai, ideologiniai, socialiniai ir kariniai aspektai = The 1939 Annexation of Klaipėda Region: Political, Ideological, Social and Military Issues, pp. 69–84
Pub. online: 17 December 2010
Type: Article
Open Access
Open Access
Published
17 December 2010
17 December 2010
Abstract
The article analyzes the plans of Germany to seize Klaipėda Region in 1938, the political circumstances of the German ultimatum issued to Lithuania on March 20, 1939, the response of the Lithuanian Government to the German demands, the organization of the retreat of Lithuanian military units and state institutions from Klaipėda, its process, and the dynamics of German units marching into Klaipėda Region.