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 kaitono pro-Tiamana i roto i te rohe, me te whakaititia o te mana Lithuanian reira i reira. i roto i te tonoa i roto i te tikanga āta mārama, e taea ki a Tiamana ki te whakapae Lithuania o takahi. whiriwhiri ki te whakatārewatia te mahi ki te raruraru, e tumanako ana ka pai ake te āhuatanga o te ao. i roto i taua wā i tūmanakohia Germany ki te tuku i tona ultimatum ki Lithuania i roto
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