Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 32. Chapters: Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940, The Holocaust in Latvia, Reichskommissariat Ostland, Occupation of Latvia by the Soviet Union 1944-1945, Latvian Legion, Destruction battalions, Courland Pocket, Occupation of the Baltic republics by Nazi Germany, Occupation of Latvia by Nazi Germany, 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS, Swedish extradition of Baltic soldiers, 19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS, Maslenki, Latvian fleet that fought for the Allies in World War II. Excerpt: The Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940 refers, according to the European Court of Human Rights, the Government of Latvia, the State Department of the United States of America, and the European Union, to the military occupation of the Republic of Latvia by the Soviet Union ostensibly under the provisions of the 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact with Nazi Germany. When World War II started in September 1939 with the German invasion of Poland, Latvia had already come under the Soviet sphere of influence in the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and its Secret Additional Protocol of August 1939. In the reassessment period of the Soviet history that began during the Perestroika, the USSR in 1989 condemned the 1939 secret protocol between Nazi Germany and herself that had led to the invasion and occupation of the three Baltic countries, including Latvia. While Russia acknowledged in a treaty with Lithuania the adverse impact by the USSR on Lithuania's sovereignty prior to the dissolution of the Soviet Union, no such acknowledgment by Russia exists with regard to Estonia or Latvia, and the central authorities of the USSR did not acknowledge occupation prior to its dissolution. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Latvia's sovereignty was restored in 1991. The last Soviet troops withdrew from the Republic of Latvia in August 1994. Mes esam ka starp vartiem,Starp vartiem uzcelusi savas majasKur tautam pari staigat.We are as if between gates,Between gates we have built our homeFor other peoples to trample over. - Anna Brigadere, Latvian poet"The historical mission of the Baltic provinces is to serve as a battlefield for the problems of the highest politics in Europe." - Count Shuvalov, Russian Governor-General of the Baltic ProvincesLatvia and the rest of the Baltics were a crossroads overrun by foreign domination for over seven centuries prior to achieving independence after the start of the 20th century, after World War I. In the aftermath of the Russian Revolution of 1917, Latvia d

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