Algimantas military district

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) regionSouthern Lithuania (Nemunas) regionEastern Lithuania (King Mindaugas) region
Žemaičiai military districtPrisikėlimas military districtKęstutis military districtTauras military districtDainava military districtAlgimantas military districtVytautas military districtVytis military districtDidžioji Kova military district
AlkaMaironisVaidotasVytautasDzūkaiŽaliojiTigrasKrikštaponis
ŠatrijaDuke ŽvelgaitisBirutėŽalgirisŠarūnasŠarūnasLiūtasBriedis
KardasJuozapavičiusButageidisGeležinis vilkasKazimieraitisDuke MargirisLokys
Lietuvos žalioji

References

  1. ^ "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