Lithuania was the first part of the USSR to leave as it was falling apart. But given that the Soviet Union had a large army and was able to crush any attempt at secession why didn't it? Why did the USSR just let Lithuania leave? To find out watch this short and simple animated history documentary. Thank you to my patreon supporters below: Jens Koch-Nommensen Øystein Alsaker Arcedia Sergio M. Vela MajesticFirebird George Kapoyanis Colonel Oneill Gin Aldeguer CharÉTS Steven B Dennis Vandeban Brendan W robert lalonde Mathias.C Michael Kram Justin Kubusch Southside Mitch John Heath Robertson Ethan Cippalippus Leonard Frank His Empyreal Illuminance The Supreme High Sorcerer Kalynx ChrisRom Tyler Bomkamp Nathan Mendelsohn tegsirat Piotr Wojnowski Sean D. Vance Christiaanse Mario Peshev Steven Gibson Christopher Godfrey sharpie660 Philip Yip Travis Mount Sean Uzar Jane Sumpter Aaron Conaway Martha Grondin Nuukov John Orr Shauna K Tony Belmonte Jonathan Niehaus Alex Teplyakov Andrew F Nicholas Menghini Mario Mejia Contdoko12 ixs Thomas McGraw Andreas Mosand Ron Johnson Jack Nelson Adrian Marine Erik Hare Phillip Gathright Dr. Schtnizel Tranier Bocaj zockotron Peter Marino Chach Evan Ellingson D. Mahlik Jamie van Brewen Andrew Patane Joshua Schneider Nick Macarius Garrett Manarin Duke GrokThis Tactical_Jackal Katie Flinn Alan Romero Chris PeBenito Jacob Zachs Richard Marriner mgnesium.poetry Ciege Engine The Funks Allen Rines Angel Aguiñaga Handsoup khaki enthusiast Nolan Peale Matthew Toles Chase Labiste Colin Cecil Clayton Schuman Joe DeVito Konstantin Bredyuk Leena Al-Souki Windischgraetz John Garcia William Adderholdt Matt Reed Chris Weisel blaZzinG_FurY C. C. C. KNSTRKTVST alexccg Hexapuma Dullis Jesse Plung Darth Zayexeet Bradley Backoff Sahni Jason Hirsch Jason Vandeventer Duane Bridges HelloAgain Tim Stone Serius_Loyola Ken Filbert Joseph Reinsch Justin Short Patty Culp Valentyn Mr.Myoozik Joseph Hutchins Jeff Sharon Bartosz Zasada George Caponera Florian Mäder Tim Sweeney Colm Byrne Anthony McCann ARandomPaperClip george tyler Magdalena Reinberg-Leibel Matthew O'Connor Ahmed Roshdi Joel Wasserman Geoffrey Sparrow Liquid Chief A. J. Smart Fidoruh Remko Huisman Jasmin Vikk Zachary Pascalar Spencer DeRosier Logical Insanity James Stefan Møller ThePalestRose Tyler Jenkins Johann_Gambolputty_of_Ulm Ned Burke Nicolas Dronsky bas mensink Juan Castillo Burt Clothier No way Ben Jambor William Yates Melissa Prober Clay Carroll Sethars Brayden Perry SketerK Matt Busch Bren Ehnebuske Aaron Larrow Yared Cristiano Cade Summers William Clark Mars Project Warren Rudkin erez87 Robin! Tortle! BattleGoat Studios ZCoupon Nathan Ngumi Jonny Minogue Robert Meehan Andrei Listochkin David Spellmeyer Tim Stumbaugh Vegard Tønnessen Rob Rollins Andrew Sever Joseph Kerckhoff Matthew Venuti Carl Blanton Craig Marston WolfiZee Donald Weaver Moraxian SirAlpaka Syagrius Beans Richard Wolfe Steve Bonds Ethan Harlow Mark Ploegstra Joshportunities Matthew Ward Charles Kwiatkowski Tristan Kreller Ian M YugiJitsu Games Eric Askins Ryan Haber Thomas Wang Swanfleet nullptr Jeffrey Schneider I'm Not In The Description T. c. north Paul Munro Joell Bel Bort Ward Dustin Koellhoffer Jasdeep Brar Anthony Uk Hiro P LambOfLeg BenDrums24 JT96 Ruben Rodriguez Alex G. Sara Birnbaum Aeryn and Lisa Toland Wolf Hunter Bayliss Juan Benet Harrison Wiener James R DeVries Ted Ingram John Gross-Whitaker Charles Doolittle Samantha McCormick Mark Littlehale Tom Ebert Shannon Cartee Jack Robert Brockway 0_DannyBoy Isabel Harrison Mik Scheper Kevin Phoenix Oriki Sean Long Shakira Graham Dan Reiher Dr. Sarno Heytun Seth Reeves Ali Sadighian Miky Hidalgo Morriss Will Sullivan Peter Konieczny Nathan Snyder Zachary Oertel Brian Giordano Roko Lisica Doug MacLean Harley Raptopoulos Andrew Niedbala Peter Hopkins Taggert Jackson Kishan Nair Manny F Lindorien João Santos Daniel O'Reilly Kameohawk Tom of Essex Typhoon2401 Russell Downing blei95 Tommi Hewitt blue chicken Jan Bart Verbist Kasi M Scho Robin_Col Schwarzer Hai James Tarsirrus Rhys Little Ash Elford Ben L Jackarice26 Gina Service Twinny Hill zemnmez Phil Johnston Rhys Jackson Roberticus1992