Žemaičiai military district explained

Žemaičiai military district was a military district of Lithuanian partisans which operated in 1945–1953 in the counties of Telšiai, Kretinga, Mažeikiai, and some parts of Tauragė county. It is named after ethnographic region of Lithuania - Samogitia.^[1]

Leaders

Name and surname	Nom de guerre	Since	Till
Adolfas Kubilius	Balys, Radvila, Vaišvila	1945 March	1945 September
Jonas Semaška	Liepa, Rikis, Gaučas	1945 September	1946 April
Fortūnatas Ašoklis	Pelėda, Vilkas, Jonas, Silkoša	1946 May	1946 September
Kazimieras Antanavičius	Tauras	1946 September	1947 April
Kazys Juozaitis	Meteoras	1947 April	1947 October
Juozas Ivanauskas	Vygantas	1947 April	1947 October
Vladas Montvydas	Žemaitis	1948 March	1953 August

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: The partisan military districts of the Lithuanian freedom fighters . genocid.lt . 15 September 2019.