I know right, its a different feeling

I’ve seen that a day ago

@@Wehraboo-fi9vm are you living in the future?

I'm late. 2 days ago

@@moonmapping3963 7

Many Estonians also fought voluntarily on German side to try to protect their country from soviets.

@@Martin-wx8gd And Stalin was smart to incorporate the Estonian forces into the Red Army, otherwise many of them would've joined the partisans or the Germans. Something that George Bush II failed to do in Iraq.

@@Martin-wx8gd yes, weirdly enough nazis were preferrable to russians

Just likes Poles in WWI

@@Martin-wx8gd that's called collaborationists

Me too

Yooo history hustle

I HAVE A FEALLING HE IS FROM ESTOIA

oops did not now capslock was on

You're doing great work yourself Stefan! Keep it up

Shows the desperation of the Germans

If Poland had been defeated in the Polish-Bolshevik War of 1919-21, the Soviets would have conquered all of the Baltic States, including Estonia, and forced to communism. Indeed, the Polish victory in the Polish-Bolshevik War had European impact. According to the British politician and diplomat Lord D'Abernon, who was part of the Interallied Mission to Poland in 1920, during the Polish-Bolshevik war, the 1920 Battle of Warsaw was one of the most important battles in world history because as he said "had the Battle of Warsaw ended with a Bolshevik victory, it would have been a turning point in the history of Europe. As there is no doubt that with the fall of Warsaw, Central Europe would have been left open to Communist propaganda and Soviet invasion." Conquered Poland should serve as a red bridge to conquer all of Europe! This view is also confirmed by the order of Mikhail Tukachevsky, commander of the Western Front of the Red Army, which he wrote in July 2, 1920: "The fate of the world revolution will be decided in the West. The way to set the world on fire leads through the corpse of white Poland. On our bayonets we will bring happiness and peace to the toiling masses of mankind. To Warsaw!" Tukhachevsky also boasted that his men would be "galloping through the streets of Paris before the summer was out." The communist propaganda called free Poland white Poland. The term whites were used to designate anti-communists. But the Polish victory prevented setting the world on fire by communists. What is also worth noting the fact that if Poland had been conquered by the communists, the Baltic states would have been conquered too. Poland was therefore allied with Latvia in this war. With these additional resources from these conquered countries, the communists planned to advance further into the west. In various European countries at that time there were strong communist movements that would have supported the communists in their advance. Poland and some few others European countries were not infected by the red virus. In Poland the overwhelming majority of the population was anti-communist. But Poland was the absolute exception in Europe! So these are examples of communist successes outside the Bolshevik state at the time of the Polish-Bolshevik war. The Hungarian Soviet Republic was the communist state of Hungary from 21 March 1919 until 1 August 1919 (133 days). Until the anti-communists prevailed and abolished this Soviet republic. The other communist republics and communes have survived just as short as the Hungarian Soviet Republic but that makes it clear that there were strong communist influences throughout Europe. Like in Hungary during the German November Revolution, the communist Karl Liebknecht proclaimed the communist republick in Germany on November 9, 1918. But the communists' seizure of power then failed, although later there were repeated attempts by the communists to gain power in Germany or parts of Germany. Like with the Bavarian Soviet Republic wich was a short-lived communist state in Bavaria during the riots of 1918-19 in Germany. Then there was another attempt by the communists to come to power with the Bremen Soviet Republic wich an, short-lived state in Germany, existing for 25 days in 1919. The communist Spartacist uprising with the goal of an all-German Soviet Republic were armed battles in Berlin from 5 to 12 January 1919. The Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic more commonly referred to as Red Finland, was a proclaimed Finnish communist state that ruled parts of the country during the Finnish Civil War of 1918. Another example of an attempted communist takeover of power in Europe was then the Alsace-Lorraine Soviet Republic of 1918 in France. The Limerick Soviet was one of a number of declared Irish soviets that were formed around Ireland 1919. The Slovak Soviet Republic was a short-lived Communist state in southeast Slovakia in existence from 16 June 1919 to 7 July 1919. Commune of the Working People of Estonia existed from 29 November 1918 to 5 June 1919. The Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic of 1918. Moreover, there were also attempts by the communists to take power in other parts of the world! Dockers in Gdansk(Danzig) and London wich were sympathizers of the Bolsheviks also refused to load the support supplies for the fighting Poles against the Bolsheviks. Since the communists had enough supporters all over Europe after the desired victory against Poland the communists would have in Europe either provoked revolutions through agitators or they would have intervened militarily. If the communists had conquered Europe, which was by far the most economically important continent at the time, they would have had a good chance of "exporting" communism worldwide as well. That this is not an exaggeration can be seen by comparing the strategy of the communists after World War II. Even in these later times, communism was "exported" to countries around the world, and as a result there were countries around the world ruled by communist dictatorships. After 1945, as in 1919, the communists had the goal of a world completely dominated by communism. The goal was that virtually every country would become communist. That is why the Polish victory of 1921 definitely had not just a European impact but also a global impact.

@@GreatPolishWingedHussars I don't remember asking.

@@_blank-_ Ridiculous! I didn't comment on your comment at all!

​@@GreatPolishWingedHussarsChciałeś przekonać że Polska miała istotny wkład w historię Europy, udało ci się tylko ośmieszyć siebie i nasz kraj

What programs does he use?

Yeah, it is the thing that makes this channel the best

German army groups could not have saved Estonia either, because if Poland had been defeated in the Polish-Bolshevik War of 1919-21. Because if Poland had been defeated in the Polish-Bolshevik War of 1919-21, the Soviets would have conquered all of the Baltic States, including Estonia, and forced to communism. Indeed, the Polish victory in the Polish-Bolshevik War had European impact. According to the British politician and diplomat Lord D'Abernon, who was part of the Interallied Mission to Poland in 1920, during the Polish-Bolshevik war, the 1920 Battle of Warsaw was one of the most important battles in world history because as he said "had the Battle of Warsaw ended with a Bolshevik victory, it would have been a turning point in the history of Europe. As there is no doubt that with the fall of Warsaw, Central Europe would have been left open to Communist propaganda and Soviet invasion." Conquered Poland should serve as a red bridge to conquer all of Europe! This view is also confirmed by the order of Mikhail Tukachevsky, commander of the Western Front of the Red Army, which he wrote in July 2, 1920: "The fate of the world revolution will be decided in the West. The way to set the world on fire leads through the corpse of white Poland. On our bayonets we will bring happiness and peace to the toiling masses of mankind. To Warsaw!" Tukhachevsky also boasted that his men would be "galloping through the streets of Paris before the summer was out." The communist propaganda called free Poland white Poland. The term whites were used to designate anti-communists. But the Polish victory prevented setting the world on fire by communists. What is also worth noting the fact that if Poland had been conquered by the communists, the Baltic states would have been conquered too. Poland was therefore allied with Latvia in this war. With these additional resources from these conquered countries, the communists planned to advance further into the west. In various European countries at that time there were strong communist movements that would have supported the communists in their advance. Poland and some few others European countries were not infected by the red virus. In Poland the overwhelming majority of the population was anti-communist. But Poland was the absolute exception in Europe! So these are examples of communist successes outside the Bolshevik state at the time of the Polish-Bolshevik war. The Hungarian Soviet Republic was the communist state of Hungary from 21 March 1919 until 1 August 1919 (133 days). Until the anti-communists prevailed and abolished this Soviet republic. The other communist republics and communes have survived just as short as the Hungarian Soviet Republic but that makes it clear that there were strong communist influences throughout Europe. Like in Hungary during the German November Revolution, the communist Karl Liebknecht proclaimed the communist republick in Germany on November 9, 1918. But the communists' seizure of power then failed, although later there were repeated attempts by the communists to gain power in Germany or parts of Germany. Like with the Bavarian Soviet Republic wich was a short-lived communist state in Bavaria during the riots of 1918-19 in Germany. Then there was another attempt by the communists to come to power with the Bremen Soviet Republic wich an, short-lived state in Germany, existing for 25 days in 1919. The communist Spartacist uprising with the goal of an all-German Soviet Republic were armed battles in Berlin from 5 to 12 January 1919. The Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic more commonly referred to as Red Finland, was a proclaimed Finnish communist state that ruled parts of the country during the Finnish Civil War of 1918. Another example of an attempted communist takeover of power in Europe was then the Alsace-Lorraine Soviet Republic of 1918 in France. The Limerick Soviet was one of a number of declared Irish soviets that were formed around Ireland 1919. The Slovak Soviet Republic was a short-lived Communist state in southeast Slovakia in existence from 16 June 1919 to 7 July 1919. Commune of the Working People of Estonia existed from 29 November 1918 to 5 June 1919. The Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic of 1918. Moreover, there were also attempts by the communists to take power in other parts of the world! Dockers in Gdansk(Danzig) and London wich were sympathizers of the Bolsheviks also refused to load the support supplies for the fighting Poles against the Bolsheviks. Since the communists had enough supporters all over Europe after the desired victory against Poland the communists would have in Europe either provoked revolutions through agitators or they would have intervened militarily. If the communists had conquered Europe, which was by far the most economically important continent at the time, they would have had a good chance of "exporting" communism worldwide as well. That this is not an exaggeration can be seen by comparing the strategy of the communists after World War II. Even in these later times, communism was "exported" to countries around the world, and as a result there were countries around the world ruled by communist dictatorships. After 1945, as in 1919, the communists had the goal of a world completely dominated by communism. The goal was that virtually every country would become communist. That is why the Polish victory of 1921 definitely had not just a European impact but also a global impact.

@Adam Lanza Forever no

Anyone in the siege of leningrad has balls of fucking steel, props

Thank him for his service o7

My Grandpa was fighting Soviets in Stalingrad ans Moskau

@@dirtegarbage He was forced

@@dirtegarbage but no testicles

Подробно и корректно не всегда честно

The fighting in Army Group north is neglected a lot in history books. There's also some interesting operations in Finland, even a tank unit that never gets mentioned.

@@LeutnantJoker because compared to what happened before (Stalingrad - 2 mil casualties), Kursk - hundreds of thousands casualtiies, Bagration - millions casualties these battles were just an ordinary day on the Eastern Front

Agree

It is also interesting that if the Soviets had defeated Poland in the Polish-Bolshevik War of 1919-21, all Baltic states, including Estonia, would have been conquered by the Bolsheviks and forced into communism. Indeed, the Polish victory in the Polish-Bolshevik War had European impact. According to the British politician and diplomat Lord D'Abernon, who was part of the Interallied Mission to Poland in 1920, during the Polish-Bolshevik war, the 1920 Battle of Warsaw was one of the most important battles in world history because as he said "had the Battle of Warsaw ended with a Bolshevik victory, it would have been a turning point in the history of Europe. As there is no doubt that with the fall of Warsaw, Central Europe would have been left open to Communist propaganda and Soviet invasion." Conquered Poland should serve as a red bridge to conquer all of Europe! This view is also confirmed by the order of Mikhail Tukachevsky, commander of the Western Front of the Red Army, which he wrote in July 2, 1920: "The fate of the world revolution will be decided in the West. The way to set the world on fire leads through the corpse of white Poland. On our bayonets we will bring happiness and peace to the toiling masses of mankind. To Warsaw!" Tukhachevsky also boasted that his men would be "galloping through the streets of Paris before the summer was out." The communist propaganda called free Poland white Poland. The term whites were used to designate anti-communists. But the Polish victory prevented setting the world on fire by communists. What is also worth noting the fact that if Poland had been conquered by the communists, the Baltic states would have been conquered too. Poland was therefore allied with Latvia in this war. With these additional resources from these conquered countries, the communists planned to advance further into the west. In various European countries at that time there were strong communist movements that would have supported the communists in their advance. Poland and some few others European countries were not infected by the red virus. In Poland the overwhelming majority of the population was anti-communist. But Poland was the absolute exception in Europe! So these are examples of communist successes outside the Bolshevik state at the time of the Polish-Bolshevik war. The Hungarian Soviet Republic was the communist state of Hungary from 21 March 1919 until 1 August 1919 (133 days). Until the anti-communists prevailed and abolished this Soviet republic. The other communist republics and communes have survived just as short as the Hungarian Soviet Republic but that makes it clear that there were strong communist influences throughout Europe. Like in Hungary during the German November Revolution, the communist Karl Liebknecht proclaimed the communist republick in Germany on November 9, 1918. But the communists' seizure of power then failed, although later there were repeated attempts by the communists to gain power in Germany or parts of Germany. Like with the Bavarian Soviet Republic wich was a short-lived communist state in Bavaria during the riots of 1918-19 in Germany. Then there was another attempt by the communists to come to power with the Bremen Soviet Republic wich an, short-lived state in Germany, existing for 25 days in 1919. The communist Spartacist uprising with the goal of an all-German Soviet Republic were armed battles in Berlin from 5 to 12 January 1919. The Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic more commonly referred to as Red Finland, was a proclaimed Finnish communist state that ruled parts of the country during the Finnish Civil War of 1918. Another example of an attempted communist takeover of power in Europe was then the Alsace-Lorraine Soviet Republic of 1918 in France. The Limerick Soviet was one of a number of declared Irish soviets that were formed around Ireland 1919. The Slovak Soviet Republic was a short-lived Communist state in southeast Slovakia in existence from 16 June 1919 to 7 July 1919. Commune of the Working People of Estonia existed from 29 November 1918 to 5 June 1919. The Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic of 1918. Moreover, there were also attempts by the communists to take power in other parts of the world! Dockers in Gdansk(Danzig) and London wich were sympathizers of the Bolsheviks also refused to load the support supplies for the fighting Poles against the Bolsheviks. Since the communists had enough supporters all over Europe after the desired victory against Poland the communists would have in Europe either provoked revolutions through agitators or they would have intervened militarily. If the communists had conquered Europe, which was by far the most economically important continent at the time, they would have had a good chance of "exporting" communism worldwide as well. That this is not an exaggeration can be seen by comparing the strategy of the communists after World War II. Even in these later times, communism was "exported" to countries around the world, and as a result there were countries around the world ruled by communist dictatorships. After 1945, as in 1919, the communists had the goal of a world completely dominated by communism. The goal was that virtually every country would become communist. That is why the Polish victory of 1921 definitely had not just a European impact but also a global impact.

@@matsusakasatou My pleasure!

@@GreatPolishWingedHussars interesting

@@matsusakasatou Thank you for your kind suggestion! Unfortunately, I am not very familiar with Internet technology. But I will inform myself about discord account which term I heard from you for the first time! Incidentally, your interest in Polish history is great! Greetings from Poland!

@@eggrollsoup I'm glad you found my comment interesting! Greetings from Poland!

Thank you!

Why is the comment here a day before the vid came out?

@easyHistory israel is an illegal terrorist state. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!

yeah, as useless as the swamps are at peace time, they are great for war. Even the Forest Brothers used them to fight the Red Menace

Фашиская рожа???

Why not return?

Sest oleme nüüd Ameeriklased! Ma sündisin siin. Ameerika on meie maa.

@@OhioCoastie94 aga südames ikka eestlased ja kas sa ei karda, et Venemaa hävitab meid?

​​​@@OhioCoastie94 Very good choice by your grandfather to get out while you still could and thankfully make it to America. As of course Estonia would be annexed by the Soviets for the rest of the cold war. Very fortunate you were able to make it out, many weren't so lucky...Eastern Europe was doomed at that point. And the yoke of communism and the iron curtain would fall upon that whole side of Europe, and indeed half the world. The history of eastern Europe has no happy ending...just one tragedy after another.

Stalin: we don't do that here *Estonia was captured a week after*

Then Romania was just like. Yeah I’m not dealing with that anymore, I’m out

@@pocketmarcy6990 No , the Marshall and the army wanted to fight , but the king and his antourage made a coup and sold the army and the country to the soviets.

​@danielandries3240 and in turn prevented much further loss of life. Your point?

Well maybe that’s because Steiner couldn’t star his attack

Estonia is not Russia. When there was not a single stone building in Russia, Estonia had the tallest building in the world - the stone St. Olaf's Church. Remember this always. And do not compare Estonia with the wild Tatar tribes:)

@@Paikeserebane Bro what that's literally off topic???I said that Estonia and Latvia had land in russia.

@@Paikeserebane be more thankfull to your liberator. The germans would use your bodies as coal and gasoline

@@bastikolaski8111 Да пиши на русском языке, татарка:) Зачем пользуешься переводчиком?) Ты ведь языков никогда не знала:) Ты меня поняла, ''освободительница''?) Помним, как твой дед ''освобождал'' нас от жизней и собственности. Так что не тебе о немцах говорить, татарка

@@bastikolaski8111 Из какой дыры вылезла, татарка?) И почему ник у тебя на латинице?) Как вы, татары, любите всё импортненькое, ведь своего у вас никогда не было:)Не притворяйся иностранкой, татарка: то, что ты из Тартарии (aka РФ) хорошо видно:) Ты поняла меня, татарка?) О гигиене узнай сначала, а то, помню, вы о существовании гигиены вообще не знали:)

Yes but the germans were succesful

@@adamelestratega sure they were lol

But I cant hear the music, it was pretty good

It's just you

@@f.s.1429 nah I love it too. We're very proud of our country and how we survived. 🇪🇪

They would use it as a flank to encircle Red Army after Battle of the Bulge but the Army Group Center was destroyed and most of beachlines was taken too fast. They had no choices but to stayed there

@@sigmaduck69420 Oh I know they had no choice I just thought they were crushed or surrendered after getting trapped, I didn't think they held out until after the general surrender

@El Berto You're right, me saying "outside Germany" was incorrect What I meant is lands that aren't connected directly to Germany or a country that wasn't a priority (Norway) to retake Having a pocket so deep in the east survive this long is what surprised me

by animating them with any software .

That’s called conscription my boy, and perhaps funding by fabulously wealthy patrons. Just prolonging the inevitable.

Can't wait to see about all the mutinies of ukrainian troops either.

@@cjclark1208 Doesn't matter; let Putin's dogs bleed for every inch of land.

Why would you want to watch Ukraine propaganda videos when that's already on TV 24/7?

@@Ausf.D.A.K. What do you mean? An analysis of the war tactics and strategies in Ukraine isn’t propaganda, by then most of what we’ll know will be fact when the fog of war goes away and we’ll see how both sides performed.

American movies have told us many interesting stories, but the are way many more that are untold and will remain unknown forever. I can only imagine the pain she had for losing her family forever.

good for you

That's why every country needs to either have a powerful army or nukes or both, even if it's small. Estonians didn't stand a chance.

yeah, germans werent good but they were better than the russians.

@@georgeousthegorgeous Estonia did but the leaders bitched out.

@Адам Ланзовић nor the russians on the side of the reds.

@@firmak2 They fought and died so that future Estonians would not become slaves or, worse, sub-humans, it’s a pity of course that now this is not very valuable :)

@adamlanzaforever You literally have a profile with an insane pedo supporter who weighed 90 lbs. That about says it all really.

@adamlanzaforever is your other profile named "smiggles"? Hope the FBI is watching your profile weirdo.

Who is the enemy? There is no happy ending for Eastern Europe by this point... They had but one chance during their war for independence in 1919 to march on petrograd and defeat the bolsheviks during the civil war when they were still weak. However it would all be lost less than 2 decades later because they failed to push their advantage when the reds were still weak. 30,000 reds then, now over half a million less than 2 decades later with no hope of stopping them. A lesson in stopping dictatorial regimes before they have a chance to arise. A lesson the world unfortunately learnt too late, only after the second world war.

Австрия тоже была согласна на присоединение?

У вас рашистов все хотят присоеденится к расии. Клоуны нацистские

1) СССР силой заставляет Эстонию подписать договор о "взаимопомощи" - советы строят военные базы в Эстонии. 2) СССР устраивает морскую блокаду Эстонии и требует пустить свою армию к ним на территорию. 3) СССР с помощью армии устраивает переворот в Эстонии, к власти приходят советы. 4) Эстония присоединяется к СССР. Где тут волеизъявление народа Эстонии?

death ss

thank you for adding reasons for denazification in other countries besides ukraine

Thumbs up to Eastern Europeans for proving Russia right

@kira I guess that's why the Nazis won then!

​@@guillermor1224 Nazis have resurfaced in Russia. What an irony! Russians have become the very thing they fought against in ww2.

and?

@@Zapper-kq1zg Russia sucks, kid. That's the point. Even against an enemy that was fundamentally defeated they couldn't beat their defenses.

@@jebbroham1776 The American burger cried, thought that his favorite ss would win, the USSR smashed them to dust

@@Zapper-kq1zg The Soviet Union was nothing, a pathetic horde of illiterate peasants. They won only because they threw bodies at the Germans until they were overrun. That's all it was.

​​@@jebbroham1776ell, yes, and Paulus’s army was also surrounded only by throwing bodies (despite the fact that the USSR lost 1,2 million soldiers, and the Reich 1,5 million soldiers), and the Soviets took Berlin by throwing bodies at the Germans (despite the fact that the Germans lost 480 thousand, and the red army 270 thousand). But at the same time, the military losses of both sides were approximately the same (11.4 million Soviet Union and 8.6 million Axis).

😂 Сказал россиянин, который скакал в 2012😮 История все помнит.

You see soviets helped nazis to start WW2. So withouy soviets all those deaths would have been avoided.

@@karolissavickis10 how about nazis helped nazis start ww2

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@@nickcarroll5034 what is wrong? Read carefully - elected parliament. Not occupied

@@user-RedStar 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@@nickcarroll5034 решение о вхождении в состав СССР принимали парламенты всех трех стран - Литвы, Латвии и Эстонии, - которые были избраны непосредственно населением. "Руководители двух из трех государств, кроме Литвы, остались при власти, парламенты, которые инициировали вхождение в состав Советского Союза, были избраны населением каждой из стран. На территории прибалтийских стран прибыло по одному советскому представителю, выборы состоялись, и результаты их известны. Я не думаю, что выборы были сфальсифицированы, - отметил историк. - Не стоит забывать, что авторитет Советского Союза был весьма высок, но, конечно, не так, как после окончания Второй мировой войны, именно с точки зрения народного социалистического государства".

@@user-RedStar 🤣🤣🤣

naah

@@firmak2 just report it

@@Hanzered Don't be afraid of the bots, for now. Soon they will be your masters. Your paranoia is amazingly funny.

@@user-ir3fc7kv7h uuuh okay?

Seisis, aga enam ei seisa. Stalini ja Hitleri poolt alustatud IIMS võttis Eestilt iseseisvuse ja 20% inimestest. Venelastel oli selles hävingus üks põhiroll. Nii et pidutsemine vene- ja nsvl sümboolikaga, Putini piltide jms. vana vene tanki juures pole vast Eestis kohane? Kui aga see on teile hädavajalik, siis Narva jõe teisel kaldal saate seda endiselt teha...

@@rayokas69 мне лень переводить

@@sleepyjoe9386 Ei tunne vajadust mingeid monumente palvetada nagu teie, vandid. Need mõned eestlased, kes saksa okupatsiooni ajal fritsudega koostööd tegid, said kõik karistatud. Küll aga ei juhtunud nii nende värdjatega, kes vene vallutajatega koos oma rahvast tapsid ja küüditasid. Nii et mine parem ime oma tanki Ivangorodis ja ära saasta õhku oma lolli mölaga, vatnik!

@@rayokas69 mine perse eesti kurat.

Очень жаль что снесли сволочи, поставим новый со временем, только уже т 90.

Ofcouse there were scenarios where Estonia would have ended up as independet state. One of scenarion would be release estonia as independent country when Nazis were defeated and Estonia and other independent countrys would have created alliance against threats. But soviets deciced they want thouse territorys and they ocupied thouse territorys.

yes there were. Esatonia fighting off russia was a real posibility. what do you mean"soviet occupation"? thats what it was. Better germany to russia or how the americans put it "Better dead than red."

Well, actually, there was such a scenario, it consisted in the fact that the USSR did not sign a pact with Germany on the division of Eastern Europe, but opposed Germany even then.

There was no happy ending for Eastern Europe...

>Освободителям >Оккупировали страну во время второй мировой войня дважды - перед приходом немцеы и после Двоемыслие как оно есть

I know it's a hard concept for Russians to grasp to this day, but *coercion is not consent* .

Another referendum?

Нацистский клоун

Они этим угрожали

Ну вообще-то СССР ввёл войска в Эстонию, устроил переворот - поставил своих людей во власти, после чего присоединил Эстонию. Это и называется аннексией.

it was either accept the ultimatum or be invaded which makes it a forcible occupation

agreemant at gunpoint cant be called "willingly joining"

@@firmak2 They simply reasoned that it would be much safer to become a republic within the union than to lose their culture and nationality. Thanks to their choice, Estonia still exists as an "independent" country.

@@user-ir3fc7kv7h "They simply reasoned that it would be much safer to become a republic within the union than to lose their culture and nationality." Ever heard of russification dumbass there is a reason why 25% of Latvian population is Russian

Lol you only confirmed that this is an annexation. The word "ultimatum" tells us that force was used.