Didžioji Kova military district (''The Great Fight partisan military district'') - is a military district of
Lithuanian partisans
The Lithuanian partisans () were partisans who waged a 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 ...
which operated in 1945 - 1950 in the counties of
Vilnius
Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...
,
Kaunas
Kaunas (; ; also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duchy of Trakai ...
and
Ukmergė
Ukmergė (; previously ''Vilkmergė''; pl, Wiłkomierz) is a city in Vilnius County, Lithuania, located northwest of Vilnius, with a population of about 20,000.
Etymology and variant names
The city took its original name ''Vilkmergė'' from th ...
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Leaders
Structure of Lithuanian partisans' organisation
References
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External links
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
Lithuanian partisans
Guerrilla organizations
Cold War rebellions