ania ▁would ▁be ▁liber ated . ▁This ▁never ▁material ized , ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁surv iving ▁former ▁part is ans ▁remained ▁bitter ▁that ▁the ▁West ▁did ▁not ▁take ▁on ▁the ▁S ovi ets ▁militar ily . ▁ ▁As ▁the ▁conflict ▁was ▁relatively ▁und ocument ed ▁by ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union ▁( the ▁Lith uan ian ▁f igh ters ▁were ▁never ▁formally ▁acknowled ged ▁as ▁anything ▁but ▁" band its ▁and ▁il leg als "), ▁some ▁consider ▁it ▁and ▁the ▁Soviet - L ith uan ian ▁conflict ▁as ▁a ▁whole ▁to ▁be ▁an ▁unknown ▁or ▁forgotten ▁war . ▁Disc uss ion ▁of ▁resistance ▁was ▁suppress ed ▁under ▁the ▁Soviet ▁regime . ▁Writ ings ▁on ▁the ▁subject ▁by ▁the ▁Lith uan ian ▁em igr ants ▁were ▁often ▁label led ▁by ▁Soviet ▁propag anda ▁as ▁examples ▁of ▁" eth nic ▁sympathy " ▁and ▁dis reg arded . ▁ ▁In ▁Lith u ania , ▁freedom ▁f ighter ▁veter ans ▁receive ▁a ▁state ▁p ension . ▁The ▁third ▁Sunday ▁in ▁May ▁is ▁comm emor ated ▁as ▁Part isan ' s ▁Day . ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁there ▁were ▁about ▁ 3 5 0 ▁surv iving ▁part is ans ▁in ▁Lith u ania . ▁ ▁Ž ali uk as ▁(" Green ▁man ") ▁is ▁the ▁Lith uan ian ▁part is ans ▁inspired ▁qual ification ▁patch ▁in ▁the ▁Lith uan ian ▁Special ▁Oper ations ▁Forces ▁given ▁for ▁the ▁very ▁best . ▁Ž ali uk as ▁is ▁the ▁word ▁for ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁alert ▁of ▁the ▁un y