German–Soviet Boundary and Friendship Treaty
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The German–Soviet Boundary and Friendship Treaty was a second supplementary protocol
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During the western invasion of Poland, the German
Aftermath
The Soviet Union signed a Mutual Assistance Treaty with Estonia on September 28, with Latvia on October 5, and with Lithuania on October 10, 1939. The treaties obliged both parties to respect each other's sovereignty and independence, and allowed the Soviet government to establish military bases in the territory of the three respective Baltic countries.[5] Once established, these Soviet military bases facilitated the full-scale Soviet invasion and occupation of the Baltic countries in June 1940.
According to provisions outlined in the 1939 treaty, Lithuania also acquired about one fifth of the Vilnius Region, including Lithuania's historical capital, Vilnius. The mutual assistance treaties allowed for the 1940 Soviet occupation of the Baltic states and was described by The New York Times as "virtual sacrifice of independence".[6]
References
- ISBN 0191583804. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
For the text of the German–Soviet Frontier Treaty see Degras, Soviet Documents on Foreign Policy, iii. 377.
- ^ Davies 2008, page 30 (ibidem).
- ISBN 978-0-19-820171-7.
- ^ Britannica (2015). "A secret supplementary protocol (signed September 28, 1939)". German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ^ Hiden & Salmon (1994). p. 110.
- ^ Gedye, G.E.R. (1939-10-03). "Latvia Gets Delay on Moscow Terms; Lithuania Summoned as Finland Awaits Call to Round Out Baltic 'Peace Bloc'". The New York Times: 1, 6.
- Eidintas, Alfonsas; Vytautas Žalys; Alfred Erich Senn (September 1999). Ed. Edvardas Tuskenis (ed.). Lithuania in European Politics: The Years of the First Republic, 1918–1940 (Paperback ed.). New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 170. ISBN 0-312-22458-3.
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