N'oge opupu ihe ubi nke afọ 1938, Adolf Hitler kwuru n'onwe ya na inweta Klaipėda bụ otu n'ime ihe ndị kachasị mkpa ya, nke abụọ na inweta Sudetenland. Mgbe Poland nyere Lithuania akwụkwọ ikpeazụ ya na Machị 1938, Germany kwupụtara n'ihu ọha na ọ bụrụ na esemokwu agha dị n'etiti Poland na Lithuania, ndị agha ya ga-awakpo Lithuania iji weghara Klaipėda na nnukwu akụkụ nke ọdịda anyanwụ Lithuania. Otu izu mgbe Lithuania nabatara akwụkwọ ikpeazụ nke Polish, Germany nyere ihe ncheta iri na otu nke chọrọ nnwere onwe ime ihe maka ndị na-akwado German na mpaghara ahụ na ibelata mmetụta Lithuanian ebe ahụ. E dere isi ihe ya n'ụzọ aghụghọ aghụghọ, nke ga-eme ka Germany nwee ike ịkatọ Lithuania maka mmebi iwu.
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