Vytautas military district
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Vytautas military district (also Vytautas partisan military district) is a military district of Lithuanian partisans which operated in 1945–1951 in the counties of Švenčionys, Utena and Rokiškis. It is named after the Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas.[1]
Leaders
[edit]| Name and surname | Nom de guerre | Since | Till | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonas Kimštas | Dėdė, Dobilas, dėdė Jonas, Aukštaitis, Žalgiris, Žygūnas | 1945 August | - | |
| Vladas Mikulėnas | Lubinas | 1945 September | 1945 December | died in the line of duty |
| Bronius Zinkevičius | Artojas | 1945 December | 1946 October | died in the line of duty |
| Jonas Kimštas | Dėdė, Dobilas, dėdė Jonas, Aukštaitis, Žalgiris, Žygūnas | 1946 October | 1947 June | |
| Vincas Kaulinis | Miškinis | 1947 June | 1949 March | died in the line of duty |
| Bronius Kalytis | Siaubas | 1949 June | 1951 December |
Structure of Lithuanian partisans' organisation
[edit]| LLKS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Lithuania (Jūra) region | Southern Lithuania (Nemunas) region | Eastern Lithuania (King Mindaugas) region | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Žemaičiai military district | Prisikėlimas military district | Kęstutis military district | Tauras military district | Dainava military district | Algimantas military district | Vytautas military district | Vytis military district | Didžioji Kova military district | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alka | Maironis | Vaidotas | Vytautas | Dzūkai | Žalioji | Tigras | Krikštaponis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Šatrija | Duke Žvelgaitis | Birutė | Žalgiris | Šarūnas | Šarūnas | Liūtas | Briedis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kardas | Juozapavičius | Butageidis | Geležinis vilkas | Kazimieraitis | Duke Margiris | Lokys | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lietuvos žalioji | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "The partisan military districts of the Lithuanian freedom fighters". genocid.lt. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
External links
[edit]- Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania
- The partisan military districts of the Lithuanian freedom fighters
- Vienui Vieni ("Utterly Alone") 2004 film about the Lithuanian Forest Brothers, based on the real life events of Juozas Lukša aka Juozas L. Daumantas
- War Chronicle of the Partisans – Chronicle of Lithuanian partisans, June 1944 – May 1949, prepared by Algis Rupainis
- «Forest Brothers – Fight for the Baltics» – official YouTube channel of NATO, 2017