Battle of Oździutycze
| Battle of Oździutycze | |||||||
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| Part of the Massacres of the Poles in the Volhynia and Galicia during the Polish–Ukrainian ethnic conflict in the World War II | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Home Army |
 Ukrainian Insurgent Army  Ukrainian Legion of the Self–Defense | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Stanisław Piaszczyński Zbigniew Twardy Franciszek Pukacki |
Hryhoriy Kovalchuk | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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27th Volhynian Infantry Division
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| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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7–20 killed[1][2] 20 wounded[2] 2 captured[2] | Unknown | ||||||
The Battle of Oździutycze (Polish; Bitwa pod Oździutyczami, Ukrainian; Бій під Озютичамі; 29 February 1944) was fought between the Battalions “Łuna”, “Trzask” and “Grzyms” in the 27th Volhynian Infantry Division of the Home Army under the command of Stanisław Piaszczyński, Zbigniew Twardy and Franciszek Pukacki against the Company “Siromantsi” of the 16th Tactical District “Seret” in the 3rd Operational Group “Lysonia” of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army and Ukrainian Legion of the Self–Defense under the command of Hryhoriy Kovalchuk in the Włodzimierz County of the Wołyń Voivodeship.[1][3]
Battle[edit]
The Battalions “Łuna”, “Trzask” and “Grzyms” in the 27th Volhynian Infantry Division of the Home Army launched an attack on the Ukrainian military base in the village of Oździutycze. The offensive choked and was stopped under the heavy machine-gun fire from the two Ukrainian large-caliber machine guns, which was fired from the tower of the Catholic Church and the mill together with the mortars. The Poles were also fired upon by the three German Luftwaffe aircraft that flew in, apparently, to scout the situation in the village. According to the Polish historian Grzegorz Motyka, the Polish armed units lost approximately 20 men killed, 20 men wounded and 2 men were captured, who were questioned and they told what tasks of the Home Army were about.[4] A different opinion is shared by another Polish historian Władysław Siemaszko, who writes about 7 men killed.[5]
Aftermath[edit]
The Polish armed units retreated and the Ukrainian military base was successfully defended. After the battle, the dead bodies of the fallen Polish soldiers in the combat were buried in the village of Zasmyki.[6]
However, as the time passed, this Ukrainian base and center was destroyed in 23 March by the Soviet partisans under the command of Gregoriy Kovalyev.[4][5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Siemaszko, Ewa; Siemaszko, Ewa (2008). Ludobójstwo dokonane przez nacjonalistoẃ ukraińskich na ludności polskiej Wołynia, 1939-1945 (in Polish). Wydawn. von borowiecky. p. 167. ISBN 978-83-60748-01-5.
- ^ a b c Motyka, Grzegorz (2006). Ukraińska partyzantka 1942-1960: działalność Organizacji Ukraińskich Nacjonalistów i Ukraińskiej Powstańczej Armii (in Polish). Instytut Studiów Politycznych PAN. p. 360. ISBN 978-83-7399-163-7.
- ^ Siemaszko, Ewa (2008). Ludobójstwo dokonane przez nacjonalistoẃ ukraińskich na ludności polskiej Wołynia, 1939-1945 (in Polish). von borowiecky. p. 167. ISBN 978-83-60748-01-5.
- ^ a b Motyka, Grzegorz (2006). Ukraińska partyzantka 1942-1960: działalność Organizacji Ukraińskich Nacjonalistów i Ukraińskiej Powstańczej Armii (in Polish). Instytut Studiów Politycznych PAN. p. 360. ISBN 978-83-7399-163-7.
- ^ a b Siemaszko, Ewa (2008). Ludobójstwo dokonane przez nacjonalistoẃ ukraińskich na ludności polskiej Wołynia, 1939-1945 (in Polish). Wydawn. von borowiecky. p. 167. ISBN 978-83-60748-01-5.
- ^ Siemaszko, Ewa (2008). Ludobójstwo dokonane przez nacjonalistoẃ ukraińskich na ludności polskiej Wołynia, 1939-1945 (in Polish). Wydawn. von borowiecky. p. 167. ISBN 978-83-60748-01-5.