Guerrilla war in the Baltic states
Anti-Soviet resistance during and after World War II
Guerrilla war in the Baltic states
The guerrilla war in the Baltic states was an insurgency waged by Baltic (Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian) partisans against the Soviet Union from 1944 to 1956. Known alternatively as the "Forest Brothers" or "Forest Sisters" (sometimes referred to as the "Brothers of the Wood" and the "Forest Friars",Estonian: metsavennad, Latvian: mežabrāļi, Lithuanian: žaliukai), these partisans fought against invading Soviet forces during their occupation of the Baltic states during and after World War II. Notable fighters included Evi Mihkelson, Kalev Arro, Pranas Končius, Juozas Lukša, Jānis Pīnups, Benediktas Mikulis, and Izabelė Vilimaitė. Similar insurgent groups resisted Soviet occupations in Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, and Ukraine. Soviet forces, consisting primarily of the Red Army, occupied the Baltic states in 1940, completing their occupation by 1941. After a period of German occupation during World War II, the Soviets reoccupied the Baltic States from 1944 to 1945. As Soviet political repression...
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