I te puna o te 1938 Adolf Hitler whaiaro kī e riro Klaipėda ko tetahi o ona tino kaupapa matua, tuarua anake ki te whiwhi i te Sudetenland. I te aroaro o Poland tona ultimatum ki Lithuania i roto i Maehe 1938, Germany tuwhera faaite e i roto i te take o te tukinga hōia i waenganui i Poland me Lithuania, tona ope ka whakaekea Lithuania ki te hopu Klaipėda me te wahi nui o te hauauru o Lithuania. Kotahi wiki i muri i whakaae Lithuania te ultimatum Polish, Germany i whakaatu i te kotahi tekau ma tahi-tuhi pānui e tonoa i te herekore o te mahi mō ngā kaitiaki pro-Tiamana i roto i te rohe, me te whakaiti i te mana o Lithuanian reira i reira. I roto i tona mau tumu i te kupu i roto i te tikanga āta pōhēhē, e e taea ki a Tiamana ki te whakapae Lithuania o te takahi. whiriwhiri ki te whakaroa i te mahi ki te raruraru, e tumanako ana ka pai ake te āhuatanga o te ao. I roto i taua wā, i te mutunga i te reira i hoatu i te
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