Liths admit to faking Klaipeda revolt

[Skomand]

Dr. Laurinavičius: “Were it not for the Klaipėda Revolt, now we wouldn’t have either Klaipėda or the Lithuanian language”

http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/26863/dr-laurinavicius-were-it-not-for-the-klaipeda-revolt-now-we-wouldnt-have-either-klaipeda-or-the-lithuanian-language-201326863/

Sounds absurd but Germans provided the guns for Liths to stage a revolt in a German territory.

[Skomand]

"In December 1922, Krėvė-Mickevičius met with Reichswehr's commander Hans von Seeckt and was assured that German army would not interfere with the Lithuanian plans in the region. Krėvė-Mickevičius cheaply bought 1,500 guns, 5 light machine guns, and 1.5 million bullets from the Germans."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaip%C4%97da_Revolt#Military_actions


The widow of the German policeman that was killed in the "revolt" received a pension from the Lithuanian State.