06-26-2016, 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by femdomdestiny
You should know very well well what is occupation. That is something when (for example) you go all around the world, unload tons of bombs an kill shitload of people that don't want you there.
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100% WRONG!
Speaking about the same Baltic states, Soviets occupied them without war as well:
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In September and October 1939, the Soviet government compelled the Baltic states to conclude mutual assistance pacts which gave it the right to establish Soviet military bases.[52] In May 1940, the Soviets turned to the idea of direct military intervention, but still intended to rule through puppet regimes.[53] Their model was the Finnish Democratic Republic, a puppet regime set up by the Soviets on the first day of the Winter War.[54] The Soviets organised a press campaign against the allegedly pro-Allied sympathies of the Baltic governments. In May 1940, the Germans invaded France, which was overrun and occupied a month later. In late May and early June 1940, the Baltic states were accused of military collaboration against the Soviet Union by holding meetings the previous winter.[55]:43 On 15 June 1940, the Lithuanian government had no choice but to agree to the Soviet ultimatum and permit the entry of an unspecified number of Soviet troops. President Antanas Smetona proposed armed resistance to the Soviets but the government refused, proposing their own candidate to lead the regime.[53] However, the Soviets refused this offer and sent Vladimir Dekanozov to take charge of affairs while the Red Army occupied the state.[56]
Schematics of the Soviet military blockade and invasion of Estonia in 1940. (Russian State Naval Archives)
On 16 June 1940, Latvia and Estonia also received ultimata. The Red Army occupied the two remaining Baltic states shortly thereafter. The Soviets dispatched Andrey Vyshinsky to oversee the takeover of Latvia and Andrei Zhdanov to oversee the takeover of Estonia. On 18 and 21 June 1940, new "popular front" governments were formed in each Baltic country, made up of Communists and fellow travelers.[56] Under Soviet surveillance, the new governments arranged rigged elections for new "people's assemblies." Voters were presented with a single list, and no opposition movements were allowed to file and to get the required turnout to 99.6% votes were forged.[55]:46 A month later, the new assemblies met, with their sole item of business being resolutions to join the Soviet Union. In each case, the resolutions passed by acclamation. The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union duly accepted the requests in August, thus giving legal sanction to the takeover. Lithuania was incorporated into the Soviet Union on 3 August, Latvia on 5 August, and Estonia on 6 August 1940.[56] The deposed presidents of Estonia (Konstantin Päts) and Latvia (Kārlis Ulmanis) were imprisoned and deported to the USSR and died later in the Tver region[57] and Central Asia respectively. In June 1941, the new Soviet governments carried out mass deportations of "enemies of the people". It is estimated that Estonia alone lost 60,000 citizens.[55]:48 Consequently, many Balts initially greeted the Germans as liberators when they invaded a week later.[52]
The Soviet Union immediately started to erect border fortifications along its newly acquired western border — the so-called Molotov Line.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupa..._Baltic_states
Killing shit load of people is not a requirement for the occupation.
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