Vytis military district

Partisans of the district in 1946
Burial ceremony of the Vytis military district Briedis (Moose) team Žaibas (Thunder) squad commander Antanas Žilys-Žaibas in 1949

Vytis military district (also Vytis partisan military district) is a military district of Lithuanian partisans which operated in 1944–1953 in the counties of Panevėžys and Ukmergė as well in some parts of the Kėdainiai county. The military district consisted of two territorial detachments (rinktinė) named Briedis and Krištaponis.[1]

Leaders

Name and surname Nom de guerre Since Till Comments
Juozas Krikštaponis [lt] 1944 December  1945 January died in the line of duty
Danielius Vaitelis [lt] Atamanas, Briedis 1945 January 1948 May died in the line of duty
Alfonsas Smetona Ramūnas, Žygaudas 1948 May 1950 July died in the line of duty
Mykolas Šemežys Aras, Šepetys, Putinas 1950 August 1951 April died in the line of duty
Vincas Kaulinis Miškinis 1947 June 1949 March died in the line of duty
Bronius Karbočius Bitė, Algimantas 1951 May 1953 January 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.