Vytis military district (also Vytis partisan military district) is a military district of Lithuanian partisans which operated in 1944–1953 in the counties of Panevėžys and Ukmergė as well in some parts of the Kėdainiai county. The military district consisted of two territorial detachments (rinktinė) named Briedis and Krištaponis.[1]
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Leaders
edit| Name and surname | Nom de guerre | Since | Till | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juozas Krikštaponis | 1944 December | 1945 January | died in the line of duty | |
| Danielius Vaitelis | Atamanas, Briedis | 1945 January | 1948 May | died in the line of duty |
| Alfonsas Smetona | Ramūnas, Žygaudas | 1948 May | 1950 July | died in the line of duty |
| Mykolas Šemežys | Aras, Šepetys, Putinas | 1950 August | 1951 April | died in the line of duty |
| Vincas Kaulinis | Miškinis | 1947 June | 1949 March | died in the line of duty |
| Bronius Karbočius | Bitė, Algimantas | 1951 May | 1953 January | died in the line of duty |
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 14 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 Archived 2012-05-31 at the Wayback Machine – Chronicle of Lithuanian partisans, June 1944 – May 1949, prepared by Algis Rupainis
- «Forest Brothers – Fight for the Baltics» – official YouTube channel of NATO, 2017