Reichskommissariat Ostland - Grahams Nazi Germany Third Reich
... "Ostland" redirects here. For the province of the Empire in Warhammer 40,000, see Ostland (Warhammer). Reichskommissariat Ostland (RKO) was the civilian occupation regime established by Germany in the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania), the north-eastern part of Poland and the west part ...
... "Ostland" redirects here. For the province of the Empire in Warhammer 40,000, see Ostland (Warhammer). Reichskommissariat Ostland (RKO) was the civilian occupation regime established by Germany in the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania), the north-eastern part of Poland and the west part ...
German occupation of Lithuania during World War II
The occupation of Lithuania by Nazi Germany lasted from the German invasion of Soviet Union on June 22, 1941 to the end of the Battle of Memel on January 28, 1945. At first the Germans were welcomed as ""liberators"" from the repressive Soviet regime which occupied Lithuania prior to the German arrival. In hopes of re-establishing independence or regaining some autonomy, Lithuanians organized their Provisional Government. Soon the Lithuanian attitudes towards the Germans changed into passive resistance.