Žemaičiai military district
Tomb of Žemaičiai military district partisans in Ylakiai
Žemaičiai military district (Žemaičiai partisans military district) is a military district of Lithuanian partisans which operated in 1945–1953 in the counties of Telšiai, Kretinga, Mažeikiai, and some parts of Tauragė county. It is named after ethnographic region of Lithuania - Samogitia.[1]
Leaders[]
| Name and surname | Nom de guerre | Since | Till |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 March | 1945 September | ||
| Jonas Semaška | Liepa | 1945 September | 1946 April |
| Pelėda | 1946 May | 1946 September | |
| Tauras | 1946 September | 1947 April | |
| Meteoras | 1947 April | 1947 October | |
| Vygantas | 1947 April | 1947 October | |
| Žemaitis | 1948 March | 1953 August |
Structure of Lithuanian partisans' organisation[]
| 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[]
- ^ "The partisan military districts of the Lithuanian freedom fighters". genocid.lt. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
External links[]
- 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
Categories:
- Military districts of Lithuanian partisans
- Lithuanian partisans
- Guerrilla organizations