Home Army 5th Wilno Brigade

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The Home Army 5th Wilno Brigade (also known as the Brigade of Death) was a unit of the Polish anti-Nazi resistance organization Home Army, active in the Vilnius Region during World War II. The main commander of the brigade was major Zygmunt Szendzielarz, nom de guerre "Łupaszko".

During the German occupation of Poland the brigade found itself in particularly difficult circumstances as it faced off against three different foes; the German Nazis, Lithuanian units which were collaborating with them, as well as Soviet partisans who generally fought against Home Army units in the region, especially after 1943. In July 1944, the brigade numbered around 500 partisans.

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(in English) The Home Army 5th and 6th Wilno Brigades: 1944-1952
(in English) An interview with Janina Wasiłojć-Smoleńska, nom de guerre "Jachna"

Home Army (Armia Krajowa)

Main articles: Polish resistance movement in World War II; Polish Underground State

v t e Operations
Uprisings and battles	Warsaw Uprising Zamość uprising Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Lwów uprising Murowana Oszmianka Osuchy Ostra Brama Tempest
Underground, field, and espionage	Arsenal Heads Kutschera Project Big Ben Bürkl Most III Operation Belt V-1 and V-2 Wieniec
Propaganda	Biuletyn Informacyjny Operation N Operation Antyk
Directorates	Civil Resistance Covert Resistance Underground Resistance
Political	Republic of Pińczów

v t e Personnel, emblems and decorations
Commanders	Michał Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski Stefan Rowecki Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski Leopold Okulicki
Senior officers and prominent members	J. Aleksandrowicz J.Arkusz K. K. Baczyński W. Bartoszewski J. Batory R. Białous S. Bittner F. Błażej A. Bohdziewicz J. Bokszczanin S. Braun T. Gajcy H. Lederman S. Jankowski S. Karpiel K. Kierzkowski B. Kostrzewska H. Krahelska A. Krzyżanowski L. Kulej J. J. Lerski J. Mazurkiewicz W. Micuta K. Moczarski A. Nadolski T. Pełczyński A. Pilch W. Pilecki R. Reiff Z. Romanowiczowa Z. Rumel J. Rutkowski D. Smoleński A. Stelmachowski R. Syski J. Szczepański Z. Szendzielarz A. Szklarski H. Szwarc E. Umińska J. Zabłocki A. Zakrzewska W. Zalewski J. Zamoyski T. Zawadzki T. Żenczykowski M. Żuławski T. Żychiewicz
Membership lists	Armia Krajowa members Warsaw Uprising insurgents
Emblems and decorations	Armia Krajowa Cross Kotwica Krzyż Powstania Warszawskiego

v t e Units, affiliates, and predecessors
Headquarters and Directorates	Information and Propaganda Kedyw Civil Resistance Covert Resistance Underground Resistance
Combat units	2nd Legions Infantry Division 27th Volhynian Division 104th Company of Syndicalists Battalion Parasol Battalion Zośka Żaglowiec Group Żbik Group Żmija Group Żniwiarz Group Żyrafa Group
Warsaw commands	I Śródmieście Żoliborz III Wola IV Ochota V Mokotów VI Praga VII Warsaw suburbs
Other	Błyskawica radiostation Little Andrews (Jędrusie) Underground Police (PKB) Secret Military Printing Works (TWZW) Silent Unseen (Cichociemni) Wachlarz
Predecessors	Service for Poland's Victory (SZP) Union of Armed Struggle (ZWZ)
Affiliates	Peasants' Battalions (BCh) Confederation of the Nation (KN) Leśni (Forest Soldiers) National Military Association (NOW) (split) National Armed Forces (NSZ-AK) (faction) Camp of Fighting Poland (OPW) Grey Ranks (Szare Szeregi - Boy Scouts) Secret Polish Army (TAP) Socialist Party People's Guard (GL-WRN) Union of Retaliation (ZO)
Successors	Independence (NIE) Freedom and Independence (WiN)

v t e Opponents and rivals
Opponents	Nazi Germany Ukrainian Insurgent Army Ukrainian Auxiliary Police Lithuanian Security Police Lithuanian Territorial Defense Force
Rivals	AL Armia Ludowa (People's Army) Soviet partisans

Related articles: The Holocaust in Poland; Warsaw Uprising; Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

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