 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Apo Lithuania yakawana Vilnius semhedzisiro yeSoviet-Lithuanian Mutual Assistance Treaty muna Gumiguru 1939, Landsbergis akazova mainjiniya mukuru weVilnius. Akabatsira Balys Dvarionas kuronga Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra muna 1940 uye akagadzirira chirongwa che1,200-chigaro opera uye ballet theatre hachina kuvakwa. Pashure pokunge Lithuania yatorwa neSoviet Union muna June 1940, Landsbergis akava mugadziri mukuru weVilnius. Apo Nazi Germany yakapinda muSoviet Unionuye vaLithuania vakatanga kupandukira kweSoviet June Uprising, Landsbergis akava gurukota rezvekuvakwa muhurumende yeProvisional yeLithuania. Akaramba achishanda semukuru webhodhi rekuvaka reguta iro rakagadzirira chirongwa chikuru cheVilnius muna Ndira 1944. Panguva yaaiva mutungamiriri, guta rakatanga kuvaka mugwagwa unoenda kuKaunas uyewo kuvakazve Cathedral Square neDaukanto Square yemazuva ano. Aya akanga asiri matanho matsva, asi kupfuurira kwepurogiramu dzePoland dzisati dzaitika hondo. Muna 1942-1943, akadzidzisawo paUniversity yeVilnius. 