Vytautas military district
Partisans of the district in 1947
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[]
| Name and surname | Nom de guerre | Since | Till | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dėdė, Dobilas, dėdė Jonas, Aukštaitis, Žalgiris, Žygūnas | 1945 August | - | ||
| Lubinas | 1945 September | 1945 December | died in the line of duty | |
| Artojas | 1945 December | 1946 October | died in the line of duty | |
| Dėdė, Dobilas, dėdė Jonas, Aukštaitis, Žalgiris, Žygūnas | 1946 October | 1947 June | ||
| Miškinis | 1947 June | 1949 March | died in the line of duty | |
| Siaubas | 1949 June | 1951 December |
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 16 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
- Cold War rebellions