Lithuanian–Soviet War

The Lithuanian–Soviet War or Lithuanian–Bolshevik War was fought between newly independent Lithuania and the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic in the aftermath of World War I. It was part of the larger Soviet westward offensive of 1918–1919. The offensive followed the retreat of German troops and sought to establish Soviet republics in Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Poland, and to link up with the German Revolution. By the end of December 1918, Soviet forces reached Lithuanian borders. Largely unopposed, they occupied one town after another and by the end of January 1919, they controlled about two thirds of the Lithuanian territory. In February, the Soviet advance was stopped by Lithuanian and German volunteers, who prevented the Soviets from capturing Kaunas, the temporary capital of Lithuania. From April 1919, the Lithuanian war went parallel with the Polish–Soviet War. Poland had territorial claims over Lithuania, especially the Vilnius Region; these tensions spilt over into the Polish–Lithuanian War.

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
area	region		Russian peripheral countries		Wikidata
area	region	1990	Lithuania	country bordering the Baltic Sea, sovereign state, unitary state, country, tripadvisor	Wikidata
event	armed conflict		Battle of Kėdainių	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1941	June Uprising in Lithuania	rebellion	Wikidata
event	war	1918	Lithuanian Wars of Independence	war, Lithuania, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Free Corps, Second Polish Republic	Wikidata
event	war	1918	Lithuanian–Soviet War	Lithuania, war, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Weimar Republic, Lithuanian–Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic	Wikidata
site	bunker		Daugėliškiai bunker	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Domeikavos fortas	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Jonava Railway Bunker	bunker	Wikidata