Baltic states: Difference between revisions

}}</ref> Some controversy surrounds the Baltic authoritarian régimes – due to the general stability and rapid economic growth of the period (even if brief), some commenters avoid the label "authoritarian"; others, however, condemn such an "apologetic" attitude, for example in [[Kārlis Ulmanis#Later assessments|later assessments of Kārlis Ulmanis]].{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}

 

{{see also|German occupation of Lithuania during World War II|German occupation of Latvia during World War II|German occupation of Estonia during World War II}}

[[File:Northern europe november 1939.png|thumb|alt=A geopolitical map of Northern Europe where Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark are tagged as neutral nations and the Soviet Union is shown having military bases in the nations of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.|Geopolitical status in Northern Europe in November 1939.<ref name="KR2007_10">{{cite book|last1=Kilin|first1=Juri|last2=Raunio|first2=Ari|author-link1=Yuri Kilin| title=Talvisodan taisteluja|publisher=Karttakeskus|year=2007|isbn=978-951-593-068-2|ref= KilinRaunio2007|language=fi|trans-title=Winter War Battles|page=10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Hough |first=William J.H. |title=The Annexation of the Baltic States and Its Effect on the Development of Law Prohibiting Forcible Seizure of Territory |website=DigitalCommons@NYLS |date=2019-09-10 |url=https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/journal_of_international_and_comparative_law/vol6/iss2/51}}</ref>