Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan mamayewar Jamus da Soviet na Satumba 1939, Tarayyar Soviet ta rattaba hannu kan wata yarjejeniya tare da Lithuania a ranar 10 ga Oktoba, ta ba da garin Wilno (wanda aka sake masa suna Vilna) ga Lithuania, don musayar ra'ayoyin soja, kuma daga baya ya haɗu da Lithuania a 1940 bayan zabe. Harin da Jamus ta kai kan Tarayyar Soviet, a ranar 22 ga Yuni, 1941, ya zo ne bayan shekara guda na mamayar Soviet wanda ya ƙare a
an fitar da mutane da yawa a fadin Baltics mako guda kafin mamayewar Jamus. An yi maraba da Nazis a matsayin masu 'yanci kuma sun sami tallafi daga' yan bindiga na Lithuania marasa tsari a kan sojojin Soviet da ke janyewa. Yawancin 'yan Lithuania sun yi imanin cewa Jamus za ta ba da damar sake kafa' yancin ƙasar. Don a kwantar da hankalin Jamusawa, wasu mutane sun nuna nuna bambancin ra'ayi game da Yahudawa. Nazi Jamus, wacce ta kwace yankunan Lithuania a makon farko na farmakin, ta yi amfani da wannan yanayin don amfanin ta kuma a zahiri a farkon kwanakin ta ba da izinin kafa Gwamnatin wucin gadi ta Lithuania ta Lithuanian Activist Front. A ɗan gajeren lokaci ya bayyana cewa Jamusawa suna gab da ba Lithuania muhimmiyar 'yancin kai, kwatankwacin wanda aka ba Jamhuriyar Slovak. Koyaya, bayan kimanin wata guda, an rushe ƙungiyoyin Lithuania masu zaman kansu a cikin watan Agusta da Satumba 1941, yayin da Jamusawa suka karɓi iko.