Home Army 5th Wilno Brigade

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Home Army 5th Wilno Brigade

The Home Army 5th Wilno Brigade (also known as the Brigade of Death) was a unit of the Polish anti-Nazi resistance organization Home Army, active in the Vilnius Region during World War II. The main commander of the brigade was major Zygmunt Szendzielarz, nom de guerre "Łupaszko".

During the

Nazis, Lithuanian units which were collaborating with them, as well as Soviet partisans
who generally fought against Home Army units in the region, especially after 1943. In July 1944, the brigade numbered around 500 partisans.

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