Posts

Showing posts from October, 2024

The study of Lithuania 's defense power

Image
                                                        Lithuanian army parade in Vilnius Edmundas Jakilaitis , a journalist and head of the "Strong Together" (Stipr ūs kartu ) organization, presented the study of Lithuania 's defense power to the public for the first time . The research was carried out in Washington by New​​​​ generation warfare " center, together with Lithuanian military experts, simulated two scenarios of a military conflict - what awaits if in 2027 Russia will attack Lithuania.​​ The study reviewed the first 10 days of the military conflict, after which Lithuania would have to defend itself not alone, but together with NATO allies. The second simulation scenario was successful for Lithuania, during which almost no territory was lost, and the losses suffered by the enemy significantly exceeded the losses of Lithuania and the...

Chiune Sugihara - diplomat who served for the Japanese Empire in Kaunas 1939-1940 and Baltics occupation.

Image
                                                              Chiune Sugihara in Kaunas I wanted to write about the events in Lithuania in the summer of 1940 for a long time, but I could not figure out how to do it . Let me remind you that we are talking about the occupation of the Baltic republics, which was carried out almost simultaneously and using the same methodology. It is true that everyone somehow forgets the fact that Finland should have been in this company as well. According to the Molotov-Ribbentrop agreement, the line was drawn not only through the Baltic countries, Poland, Romania, but also Finland. Many thougth that non - aggresion deal beetwen the USSR and Germany was useful for the Baltics states. On September 29 , 1939 , the Soviets invited Lithuanian delegation to Moscow where they were presented with a cooperation...