1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania
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title:
1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania
text:
On 20 March 1939, Nazi Germany's foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop presented an oral ultimatum to Juozas Urbšys, foreign minister of Lithuania. Germany demanded that Lithuania give up the Klaipėda Region which had been detached from Germany after World War I, or the Wehrmacht would invade Lithuania and the de facto Lithuanian capital Kaunas would be bombed. The Lithuanians had been expecting the demand after years of rising tension between Lithuania and Germany, increasing pro-Nazi propaga
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German diplomatic demand on Lithuania
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939_German_ultimatum_to_Lithuania
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2008-03-24T19:22:46Z
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2024-09-10T03:04:51Z
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