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Red Army troops enter Vilnius on Gedininas Avenue on June 15, 1940.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 32818

Red Army troops enter Vilnius on Gedininas Avenue on June 15, 1940.

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Caption: Red Army troops enter Vilnius on Gedininas Avenue on June 15, 1940.
Date: 1940 June 15
Locale: Vilnius, Lithuania
Variant Locale: Lithuania
Wilno
Wilna
Vilna
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

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Photo Source: National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Copyright: Public Domain

Source Record ID: 233-Box 46

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Keyword: MILITARY OPERATIONS/BATTLES MILITARY VEHICLES SOLDIERS/MILITARY (RUSSIAN/SOVIET) STREET SCENES TRUCKS
Photo Designation: INVASION & OCCUPATION -- Lithuania -- GENERAL -- GENERAL -- Soviet Invasion

Record last modified:: 2018-02-08 00:00:00
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