Tauras military district (also Tauras partisans military district) is a military district of Lithuanian partisans which operated in 1945–1951 in the Suvalkija ethnographic region – counties of Marijampolė, Šakiai, Vilkaviškis and in the left bank of the Nemunas river in counties of Alytus and Kaunas. One of the most important partisan districts. It is named after aurochs - tauras in Lithuanian.
Leaders Name and surname Nom de guerre Since Till Leonas Taunys Kovas 1945 August 1945 October Zigmas Drunga Mykolas 1946 October 1946 June Antanas Baltūsis Žvejas 1946 July 1948 February Jonas Aleščikas Rimantas 1948 April 1948 August Aleksandras Grybinas Faustas 1948 August 1949 September Viktoras Vitkauskas Saidokas 1949 October 1951 February Juozas Jankauskas Demonas 1951 April 1952 June
Structure of Lithuanian partisans' organisation
References
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