Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An kiyasta kimanin 'yan Lithuania 60,000 a cikin Red Army. A cikin 1940, bisa tushen Sojojin Lithuania da aka rushe, hukumomin Soviet sun shirya Rundunar 'Yan bindiga ta 29. Ragewa a cikin ingancin rayuwa da yanayin sabis, tilasta koyar da akidar Kwaminisanci, ya haifar da rashin jin daɗin sabbin rukunin sojoji na Soviet. Hukumomin Soviet sun amsa da zalunci a kan jami'an Lithuanian na 29th Corps, sun kama sama da jami'ai 100 da sojoji kuma daga baya suka kashe kimanin 20 a cikin kaka na 1940. A wannan lokacin ana zargin kusan jami'ai 3,200 da sojoji na 29th Corps an dauke su "marasa aminci a siyasa". Saboda tsananin tashin hankali da rashin jin daɗin sojoji an rushe rundunar sojan doki ta 26. A lokacin da aka kai su gudun hijira a watan Yunin 1941
An kama sama da jami'ai 320 da sojoji na 29th Corps kuma an tura su zuwa sansanonin taro ko kashe su. Rundunar ta 29 ta rushe tare da mamayewar Jamus zuwa Tarayyar Soviet: a ranar 25 ga Yuni 26-26 wani tawaye ya barke a cikin Rukunin 'Yan bindiga na 184. Sauran bangaren na 29th Corps, Rundunar 'Yan bindiga ta 179 ta rasa yawancin sojojinta yayin da suka janye daga Jamusawa galibi ga barin sojojinsa. Jimlar sojoji kasa da 1,500 daga karfin farko na kusan 12,000 sun isa yankin Pskov a watan Agustan 1941. A rabi na biyu na 1942, yawancin Lithuanians da suka rage a cikin rukunin Soviet da kuma mazajen 'yan gudun hijirar daga Lithuania an shirya su a cikin rukunin 16 na Rifle a lokacin da aka kafa ta biyu. Rukunin 'yan bindiga na 16, duk da cewa ana kiranta "Lithuanian" a hukumance kuma galibi jami'an asalin Lithuania ne ke jagorantar su, gami da Adolfas Urbšas, ya kasance yana da kabilanci sosai, tare da kusan kashi 1/4 na ma'aikatanta na yahudawa kuma don haka shine mafi girman rukunin yahudawa na Sojojin Soviet. Shahararren barkwanci na waɗancan shekarun ya ce ana kiran rukunin 16 na Lithuanian, saboda akwai Lithuanians 16 a cikin sa.