Latvia in the Lithuanian military press in 1919-1940

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Karinė spauda, karinis bendradarbiavimas; Karo spauda; Latvija (Latvia); Latvijos Respublika; Lietuvių karinė spauda; Lietuvos Respublika; Latvia; Latvian Republic; Latvija; Lithuania; Lithuanian Military press; Litvuanian Republic; Military collaboration; Military press.

ENAs Lithuania and Latvia are neighbouring countries, it is no wonder that in the period of 1919-1940 the Lithuanian military press paid exceptional attention to Latvia and its armed forces. Such attention causes no surprise because up to the First World War the major part of European nations belonged to multinational empires. However, after the fall of the Russian Empire and Austro-Hungarian Empire, many new countries, including Lithuania and Latvia, emerged as European nation states. The study of the Lithuanian military press of that time clearly shows the tendency to analyse the experience of the new states in different aspects. Since Latvia and Lithuania, similar in the size of territories and armed forces as well as population, had acquired similar historical experience (both countries and their armed forces had been newly established), the Lithuanian military command was interested in Latviaís experience of forming its National armed forces. [...] The articles related to Latvia that were published in the Lithuanian military press can be analyzed in the following aspects: 1) articles about Latvia and its armed forces republished from the Latvian press of that time; 2) articles about Latvia written on the basis of the press of foreign countries; 3) Lithuanian authorsí articles about Latvia and its armed forces. [Extract, p. 152]