There were efforts to restore independence during the German occupation. In 1941, the Lithuanians had overthrown Soviet rule two days before the Germans arrived in Kaunas. The Germans allowed the Provisional Government to function for over a month.Hiden & Salmon (1994). p. 120. Towards the end of the war, once it became clear that Germany would be defeated, many Lithuanians, Latvians and Estonians joined the Germans once again.The Baltic States: The National Self-Determination of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania by Graham Smith, p. 91.
