After Lithuania's restoration on 16 February 1918, the country immediately began assembling an army. The Ministry of Defence's first order was issued on 23 November 1918 and this date is considered the establishment day of the modern Lithuanian Armed Forces. The newly formed army almost immediately fought three wars of independence. Having won the Lithuanian–Soviet War and the war against the Bermontians, it was defeated in the Polish–Lithuanian War. By the end of 1920, Lithuanian army had over 41 thousand troops. In interwar, the armour equipment primarily consisted of light tanks and tankettes: British Carden Loyd tankette, French Renault FT-17, Swedish Landsverk-182, German &lt;a href="Ehrhardt%20E-V/4"&gt;Ehrhardt E-V/4&lt;/a&gt;. In 1940, Lithuania had a considerable Air Force, consisting of 118 aircraft with about half of them designed and produced locally. During the World War II, Lithuania was invaded by both Nazis and Soviets, which eventually concluded in Soviet occupation. Despite Soviet repressions, there was a considerable armed Lithuanian resistance which lasted until 1950s.