Lithuanian partisans of the Algimantas military district, forming the Columns of Gediminas using weapons in 1949
Algimantas military district (also Algimantas partisan military district) is a military district of Lithuanian partisans which operated in 1947-1950 in the counties of Panevėžys and Rokiškis. The military district consisted of the territorial units - detachments (rinktinė) - Šarūnas, Kunigaikštis Margiris (Duke Margiris), Žalioji (Green).[1]
Leaders
| Name and surname | Nom de guerre | Since | Till | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antanas Slučka | Šarūnas | 1944 May | 1947 April | |
| Antanas Starkus | Blinda, Montė | 1947 August | 1949 November | died in the line of duty |
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 14 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
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