Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Kafin Yaƙin Duniya na II Estonia, Latvia da Lithuania kowannensu ya sami shugabancin shugaban ƙasa wanda ya zo mulki bayan juyin mulki mara jini: Antanas Smetona a Lithuania (Disamba 1926), Konstantin Päts a Estonia (Maris 1934), da Kārlis Ulmanis a Latvia (Mayu 1934). Wasu sun lura cewa abubuwan da suka faru a Lithuania sun bambanta da maƙwabta biyu na arewacin, tare da Smetona da ke da dalilai daban-daban da kuma tabbatar da iko shekaru 8 kafin irin waɗannan abubuwan da suka faru a Latvia ko Estonia. Duk da rikice-rikicen siyasa da yawa a Finland babu irin waɗannan abubuwan da suka faru a can. Finland duk da haka ta shiga cikin yakin basasa mai zub da jini
, wani abu da bai faru ba a cikin Baltics. Wasu rikice-rikice suna kewaye da tsarin mulkin mallaka na Baltic <unk> saboda kwanciyar hankali da saurin ci gaban tattalin arziƙin lokacin (ko da gajere ne), wasu masu sharhi suna guje wa lakabin "mai iko"; wasu, duk da haka, sun la'anci irin wannan halin "mai neman afuwa", misali a cikin kimantawa na baya na Kārlis Ulmanis.