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.
Leaders Name and surname Nom de guerre Since Till Comments Juozas Krikštaponis 1944 December 1945 January died in the line of duty Danielius Vaitelis 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 Bronius Karbočius Bitė, Algimantas 1951 May 1953 January died in the line of duty
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