News January 11, 1991 - Soviet Union Military in Lithuania

Just after winning the Nobel Peace Prize, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev orders the Soviet military into the breakaway Soviet Republic of Lithuania to crackdown on an independence movement. Soviet Union crackdowns on Lithuania Soviet military inflicts casualties on civilians.

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