Occupation of Latvia 1940-1945
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The Baltic sovereign nation of Latvia
has been occupied by military forces from other nations from time to time. Occupation
s of Latvia have included:
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
has been occupied by military forces from other nations from time to time. Occupation
Military occupation
Military occupation occurs when the control and authority over a territory passes to a hostile army. The territory then becomes occupied territory.-Military occupation and the laws of war:...
s of Latvia have included:
- Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940The Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940 refers, according to the European Court of Human Rights, the Government of Latvia, the State Department of the United States of America, and the European Union, to the military occupation of the Republic of Latvia by the Soviet Union ostensibly under the...
- Occupation of Latvia by Nazi GermanyOccupation of Latvia by Nazi GermanyThe occupation of Latvia by Nazi Germany was completed on July 10, 1941 by Germany's armed forces. Latvia became a part of Nazi Germany's Reichskommissariat Ostland — the Province General of Latvia...
(1941–1945) - Occupation of Latvia by the Soviet Union 1944–1945
- Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (July 21, 1940 – August 21, 1991)