High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Polish coup d'etat attempt in Lithuania refers to a failed attempt by Jozef Pilsudski to overthrow the existing government of Lithuania, led by Prime Minister Mykolas Slezevicius, and install a more pro-Polish cabinet that would agree to a union with Poland. The coup d'etat was to be carried out by the Polish Military Organization (PMO) and planned to be implemented in August 1919. The coup was designed to portray the coup as an initiative by local Lithuanians to free their government of German influence. The PMO hoped to rely on the assistance of sympathetic Lithuanian activists. They were thwarted by the lack of cooperation and the unwillingness of these activists to join the Polish cause, who in some cases were even unaware of their designated roles in the planned coup. After the Sejny Uprising, Lithuanian intelligence intensified its investigation and uncovered the planned coup. The Lithuanians, not knowing who belonged to the PMO,...

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