Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Lithuania yakarasikirwa norusununguko rwayo uye zvishoma nezvishoma yakashandurwa kuva republic yeSoviet socialist. Panguva imwe cheteyo, uto reLithuania rakashandurwa zvishoma nezvishoma kuva zvikamu zveRed Army. Basa pachikoro chechiuto rakaguma apo varume vakadanwa kudzokera kumapoka avo, asi Raštikis haana kubvumirwa kusiya basa. Akagoverwa ku29th Rifle Corps uye akagadzwa mutevedzeri wasachigaro wekomisheni inotarisira kubviswa kwemauto eLithuania. Akaregererwa basa rinoshanda bedzi pana December 20. Musi waFebruary 13, 1941, achitya kusungwa neNKVD se "muvengi wevanhu", Raštikis akasiya mudzimai wake nevanasikana vatatu vaduku muKaunas ndokuenda kuGermany. Akava nguva yokupedzisira kuona vanasikana vake vakanga vaendeswa kuSiberia
muna June. Akayambuka muganhu usiku hwaMarch 19 uye akagamuchirwa zvakanaka navaGermany. Achibatsirwa nevaLithuania vakasiyana-siyana, akagara muBerlin. Ikoko akabatana naKazys Škirpa mukuronga Lithuanian Activist Front (LAF). Kunyanya, akagadzirisa mutemo weLAF uye akagadzira zvirongwa zvekusunungura Lithuania.