Sovietinės Lietuvos valdžios ir Pabaltijo karinės apygardos bei jos įgulų santykiai 1946-1962 m

The paper analyses the influence of the occupation army on annexed Lithuania through the relations of the military and the local authorities. The study analyses how military and military-social needs, subject to alterations under the changes of the military doctrine, were met from the local resources: land, accommodation, food products and timber. The paper discloses the social consequences of military reform in 1955 – 1956 and 1960 – 1962, and cooperation between local authorities and the military structures in implementing plans of preparation for nuclear and the law on the universal military service. The study has established the following: the influence of the occupation army on annexed Lithuania was exerted through relations between the military and the local authorities. Changes of the military doctrine forced the all-Union authorities and the military structures to search for ways of meeting the changing military and military-social needs by using local resources. Solution of specific problems caused by the army’s presence in Lithuania was based on appropriate resolutions of the Soviet Union authorities that acquired a more definite shape in Vilnius. Under the new military concept that was in the process of development, preparation for the possible rapid attack of the NATO powers from air and the possible use of nuclear weapons necessitated implementation in Lithuania of all Moscow’s plans for preparation for war. Implementation of such plans required close cooperation of local authorities with the military structures