Dainava military district (also Dainava partisans military district) is a military district of Lithuanian partisans which operated in 1945–1951 in the counties of Alytus, Lazdijai and Varėna in Dainava ( Dzūkija). The most significant battles: on May 17, 1945, in the Kalniškės Forest of the Simnas rural district in the Alytus district (44 partisans killed, about 400 NKVD members killed [1]); on June 14, 1945, in the Varčia Forest of the Daugai rural district (40 partisans killed or were arrested, about 176 NKVD members were killed [2]). [3]
Name and surname | Nom de guerre | Since | Till | Comments |
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Juozas Vitkus | Kazimieraitis | 1945 November | 1946 May | |
Dominykas Jėčys | Ąžuolis | 1946 May | 1947 August | |
Adolfas Ramanauskas | Vanagas | 1947 August | 1948 September | |
Benediktas Labėnas | Kariūnas | 1948 September | 1949 March | died in the line of duty |
Lionginas Baliukevičius | Dzūkas | 1949 May | 1950 June | died in the line of duty |
Juozas Gegužis | Diemedis | 1950 June | 1951 September | |
Vincas Daunoras | Ungurys | 1951 September | 1952 May | died in the line of duty |
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dainava military district (also Dainava partisans military district) is a military district of Lithuanian partisans which operated in 1945–1951 in the counties of Alytus, Lazdijai and Varėna in Dainava ( Dzūkija). The most significant battles: on May 17, 1945, in the Kalniškės Forest of the Simnas rural district in the Alytus district (44 partisans killed, about 400 NKVD members killed [1]); on June 14, 1945, in the Varčia Forest of the Daugai rural district (40 partisans killed or were arrested, about 176 NKVD members were killed [2]). [3]
Name and surname | Nom de guerre | Since | Till | Comments |
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Juozas Vitkus | Kazimieraitis | 1945 November | 1946 May | |
Dominykas Jėčys | Ąžuolis | 1946 May | 1947 August | |
Adolfas Ramanauskas | Vanagas | 1947 August | 1948 September | |
Benediktas Labėnas | Kariūnas | 1948 September | 1949 March | died in the line of duty |
Lionginas Baliukevičius | Dzūkas | 1949 May | 1950 June | died in the line of duty |
Juozas Gegužis | Diemedis | 1950 June | 1951 September | |
Vincas Daunoras | Ungurys | 1951 September | 1952 May | died in the line of duty |
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||