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Žemaičiai military district () was a military district of
Lithuanian partisans Lithuanian partisans () were partisans who waged guerrilla warfare in Lithuania against the Soviet Union in 1944–1953. Similar anti-Soviet resistance groups, also known as Forest Brothers and cursed soldiers, fought against Soviet rule in E ...
which operated in 1945–1953 in the counties of
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, and some parts of
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county. It is named after ethnographic region of Lithuania -
Samogitia Samogitia, often known by its Lithuanian language, Lithuanian name ''Žemaitija'' (Samogitian language, Samogitian: ''Žemaitėjė''; see Samogitia#Etymology and alternative names, below for alternative and historical names) is one of the five ...
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Leaders


Structure of Lithuanian partisans' organisation


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Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of LithuaniaThe 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

– Chronicle of Lithuanian partisans, June 1944 – May 1949, prepared by Algis Rupainis
Forest Brothers – Fight for the Baltics
– official ''YouTube'' channel of NATO, 2017 Military districts of Lithuanian partisans Military units and formations disestablished in 1953 Guerrilla organizations