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Borders and other

Border of Lithuania (1945 – present) Border of Vilnius Region: Polish territory; claimed by Lithuania based on the Soviet–Lithuania Peace Treaty of 1920; occupied by the Soviet Union in September 1939 Soviet military bases established in Lithuania according to the Soviet–Lithuania Mutual Assistance Treaty, signed on October 10, 1939

Klaipėda Region

Klaipėda Region: detached from the German Empire by the Treaty of Versailles; placed under administration of the Entente; taken by Lithuanians during the Klaipėda Revolt in January 1923; returned to Nazi Germany after an ultimatum on March 20, 1939

Sudovia

Territory west of the Šešupė River: Lithuanian territory; requested by Nazi Germany in the German-Soviet Boundary and Friendship Treaty on September 28, 1939; occupied by the Soviet Union on June 15, 1940; Nazi Germany relinquished its claims for a compensation in the amount of $7.5 million on January 10, 1941

"Suwałki Triangle": Polish territory; claimed by Lithuania; occupied by Nazi Germany in September 1939

Southern Suvalkai Region: Polish territory; claimed by Lithuania; occupied by the Soviet Union in September 1939

Vilnius Region

Western Vilnius Region: transferred to Lithuania based on the Soviet–Lithuania Mutual Assistance Treaty, signed on October 10, 1939

Western Vilnius Region: transferred to Lithuanian SSR on November 6, 1940

Eastern Vilnius Region: by Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty assigned to Lithuania in July 12, 1920

Summary

DescriptionLithuania territory 1939-1940.svg	Map of territorial disputes and claims regarding Lithuania in 1939-1940
Date	28 March 2008
Source	Self-made using Inkscape; used Image:LithuaniaPhysicalMap-Clean.svg by Knutux for some background features; Source map: (2001) Lietuvos istorijos atlasas, Vilnius: Vaga, p. 44 & 45
Author	Renata3 This W3C-unspecified vector image was created with Inkscape .
Permission (Reusing this file)	GFDL & all CC-BY-SA
Other versions	[edit] Deutsch • German English • English español • Spanish latviešu • Latvian magyar • Hungarian polski • Polish

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	11:13, 27 March 2024	2,479 × 1,954 (211 KB)	X3SNW8	File uploaded using svgtranslate tool (https://svgtranslate.toolforge.org/). Added translation for it.
	14:38, 20 August 2010	2,479 × 1,954 (207 KB)	Tomasz Bladyniec	1. There was an error in the name of one of villages. "Graizunai" should be "Gaizunai". 2. If the southeastern territory is decribed as Poland, names of cities should be in Polish then, as they were those times. 3. There's no need to write "Nazi Germany".
	22:35, 30 March 2008	2,479 × 1,954 (203 KB)	Renata3	get rid of legend - too bulky in articles
	21:35, 30 March 2008	3,290 × 1,954 (226 KB)	Fvasconcellos	layers
	14:22, 29 March 2008	3,290 × 1,954 (223 KB)	Fvasconcellos	font fixes
	14:10, 29 March 2008	3,290 × 1,954 (210 KB)	Fvasconcellos	one more attempt
	16:58, 28 March 2008	3,290 × 1,954 (226 KB)	Mangwanani	tried to fix image
	16:28, 28 March 2008	3,290 × 1,954 (226 KB)	Renata3	{{Information \|Description=Map of territorial disputes and claims regarding Lithuania in 1939-1940 \|Source=Self-made using Inkscape; used Image:LithuaniaPhysicalMap-Clean.svg by Knutux for some background features; Source map: (2001) ''Lietuvos istor