 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Apo Nazi Germany yakapindaSoviet Union muna June 1941, vanhu vokuLithuania vakakwazisa vaGermany sevasununguri vaibva muhurumende yeSoviet yaidzvinyirira. Zvisinei, nokukurumidza chimiro chakashanduka uye masangano akasiyana-siyana okurwisana akavamba kuumbwa pakupera kwa1941 pakuvamba kwa1942. Mukati ma1942 na1943 mafambiro aya akatanga kusimbisa mupro-Catholic Nations Council uye Supreme Committee yeLithuanians . Pashure pekukurukurirana kwemwedzi mishanu, masangano maviri aya akasarudza kutanga sangano rimwe chete rakabatana - VLIK, rinomiririra maonero akasiyana-siyana ezvematongerwe enyika. Musangano wokutanga weVLIK wakaitwa musi waNovember 25, 1943 muKaunas uye Steponas Kairys akasarudzwa sachigaro wokutanga. Basa reVLIK raive rekuita sehurumende yepasi pevhu kusvika kudzoreredzwa kwekusununguka kweLithuania. VLIK yakatumira nhume dzayo kuSweden neFinland, yakaramba ichikurukura nevamiriri veLithuania muSwitzerland, uye yakaedza kuzivisa masimba ekumadokero nezvemhosva dzakaitwa nevaNazi. VLIK yakabudisa mapepanhau epasi pevhu ndokukurudzira kuti vanhu varambe vachirwisa vaNazi. Vaifunga kuti muvengi wavo mukuru akanga achiri Soviet Union uye kuti zvinhu zvaifanira kuchengetwa nokuda kwokurwisana nezvombo kwaizouya navaRussia. 