SOE:Lithuania political leanings

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DarkHorse2
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SOE:Lithuania political leanings

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The scenario starts with Lithuania USSR(15%), which I feel is incorrect.

At the onset of WWII, Lithuania's economy was heavily dependent on Germany - especially after losing their only Baltic Sea port in 1939.

Lithuania should be more like Axis(20%).
The loss of its only port to the Baltic Sea was a major blow to the Lithuanian economy. Between 70% and 80% of foreign trade passed through Klaipėda. The region, which represented only about 5% of Lithuania's territory, contained a third of its industry Lithuania also lost its heavy investments in the port's infrastructure. About 10,000 refugees, mostly Jews, left the region and sought shelter and support from the Lithuanian government. Lithuanians doubted the fate of their country: in March–April withdrawals of deposits in banks and credit institutions totaled almost 20% of total deposits. After the loss of Klaipėda, Lithuania drifted into the German sphere of influence, especially in terms of trade. At the end of 1939, Germany accounted for 75% of Lithuanian exports and for 86% of its imports.
Neither the Soviets nor the Allies supported Lithuania nor stood their ground against the Nazi 1939 demands for Klaipeda.

see - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939_Germ ... _Lithuania

Rather or not Lithuania willfully sought to align themselves with Germany, the fact of the matter was they were squarely in Germany's sphere of influence and remained so until Germany passed them off to the Soviet Union in the amended Ribbontrop-Molotov pact in Sept 1939.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%E2 ... hip_Treaty
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