Republic of Central Lithuania

The Republic of Central Lithuania or Central Lithuania , was a short-lived puppet republic of Poland created in 1920 without international recognition. It was founded after Żeligowski's Mutiny, when soldiers of the Polish Army, mainly the 1st Lithuanian–Belarusian Infantry Division under Lucjan Żeligowski, fully supported by the Polish air force, cavalry and artillery, attacked Lithuania.
Centered on the historical capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, for 18 months the entity served as a buffer state between Poland, upon which it depended, and Lithuania, which claimed the area. This territory was a means of pressure on Lithuania as Poland tried to trade the Lithuanian capital to Lithuania in return for the dependence of re-emerged Lithuania or surrender to Poland . After a variety of delays, a disputed election took place on 8 January 1922, and the territory was annexed to Poland. Initially the Polish government denied that it was responsible for the false flag action, but the Polish leader Józef Piłsudski subsequently acknowledged that he personally ordered Żeligowski to pretend that he was acting as a mutinous Polish officer.

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