Karys

The magazine was renamed to Karys in October 1920 by editor Jonas Laurinaitis who believed that kariškis is not a proper Lithuanian word.

Under editor Simas Urbonas (1936–1940), the magazine grew to 28 pages and increased publication frequency to twice a week.

[4] When Lithuania was occupied by the Soviet Union in June 1940, Karys was discontinued and replaced by pro-Soviet daily Karių tiesa (Soldiers' Truth) on 6 July 1940.

[5] When Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, Karys was reestablished in Vilnius as the weekly magazine of the Lithuanian Auxiliary Police Battalions on 23 December 1941.

[3] It also served as recruitment platform for the Lithuanian Territorial Defense Force of General Povilas Plechavičius in early 1944.

The monthly magazine reoriented itself to cater to Lithuanian veterans, both privates and officers, thus merging the traditions of pre-war Karys and Kardas.

[2] By 1970s and 1980s, it was becoming more and more difficult to find contributors as the older generation that actually served in the Lithuanian armed forces was naturally dying off.

[3] When Dr. Kazys Ėringis [lt] defected in 1981, he contributed a series of articles over four years on the gradual destruction of the Lithuanian Army by the Soviet Union.