Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - VaLithuania vanofungidzirwa kuva 60 000 vakanyorwa muRed Army. Mukati ma1940, pahwaro hweuto reLithuanian rakaparadzwa, zviremera zveSoviet zvakaronga 29th Territorial Rifle Corps. Kuderera kwomugariro woupenyu nemigariro yebasa, kudzidzisa kwamasimba masimba kwechimiro chendangariro chechiKomonisiti, kwakaparira kusagutsikana kwamapoka ehondo achangobva kuSovietized. Zviremera zveSoviet zvakapindura nekudzvinyirira vakuru veLithuania ve29th Corps, vakasunga vanopfuura zana maofficial nemasoja uye vakazouraya vangangoita makumi maviri mumatsutso a1940. Pakasvika nguva iyoyo zvinonzi vanenge maofficial nemasoja 3.200 ve29th Corps vaionekwa se"vasingavimbiki mune zvematongerwe enyika". Nemhaka yekunetsana kwakanyanya uye kusagutsikana kwevarwi, 26th Cavalry Regiment yakaparadzwa. Mukati mokudzingwa kwaJune 1941
Mumakore ekuma1900, vakuru vakuru nemasoja anopfuura 320 e29th Corps vakasungwa ndokuendeswa kumisasa yevasungwa kana kuti kuurayiwa. 29th Corps yakaparara nekupinda kweGerman muSoviet Union: musi wa25 Chikumi 26 kupandukira kwakaputika mu184th Rifle Division. Chimwe chikamu che29th Corps, 179th Rifle Division yakarasikirwa nevarwi vayo vakawanda panguva yekudzokera shure kwevaGerman kunyanya kune varwi vayo. Vose vari pasi pevarwi ve1500 kubva pasimba rekutanga revanenge 12 000 vakasvika munharaunda yePskov muna Nyamavhuvhu 1941. Pakazosvika chikamu chechipiri cha1942, vazhinji veLithuania vakasara mumauto eSoviet pamwe nevarume vapoteri vehondo kubva kuLithuania vakarongedzwa mu16th Rifle Division panguva yechipiri kuumbwa kwayo. 16th Rifle Division, pasinei nokuti yainzi "Lithuanian" uye yaitungamirirwa nevakuru vakuru veLithuania, kusanganisira Adolfas Urbšas, yakanga yakasanganiswa zvikuru, nevanosvika 1/4 yevashandi vayo vaive vaJudha uye nokudaro vaive mauto makuru echiJudha eSoviet Army. Joke rakakurumbira ramakore iwayo rakati kuti 16th Division inonzi Lithuanian, nemhaka yokuti kune vaLithuania 16 pakati pemitsara yayo.