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171: 193: 36: 109: 270:, where his headquarters was to be located. Most local Polish units refused to comply with the order, not wanting to leave the Polish population without any defense against the still marauding UPA units. Consequently, the division-strength unit was formed mainly from the Kowel and Łuck inspectorates. And numbered about 6,500 people in January 1944. After mobilization in March 1944, the division became one of the largest partisan units in 305:. After reaching the frontline and contacting the Soviets, Colonel Jan Kiwerski "Oliwa" was asked to combine the unit with the Red Army as a regular unit of the Soviet-backed Polish army. He declined and returned to partisan fighting. The division was surrounded by the Germans near Kowel on April 2. 289:
troops. The unit commander, Colonel Babiński strictly prohibited any repressions against women and children. Despite this and despite the orders by the Polish government not to harm civilians, some Polish partisans retaliated against the massacre of Poles by burning down Ukrainian villages and
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After the Red Army reached the area they took over the captured territory. Most of the divisions officers, NCOs and ordinary soldiers were arrested by the NKVD and were interred in
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After receiving a promise of Soviet help, the unit fought surrounded for two weeks. When no help arrived, the unit started to break through in the direction of
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The division initially aided local self-defence units during the massacres of Poles in Volhynia and fought against the
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Who passed the sentence on the city? Operational plans of the ZWZ-AK (1940-1944) and methods of their implementation
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The division returned northwards and was surrounded by the end of May. Elements of the division broke through the
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region in 1944. It was created on January 15, 1944, from smaller partisan self-defence units during the
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since 1943. Considering the dire situation, the local AK command, led primarily by commander Colonel
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Kto wydał wyrok na miasto? Plany operacyjne ZWZ-AK (1940-1944) i sposoby ich realizacji
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The Reconstruction of Nations: Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus 1569-1999
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Bąbiński issued the mobilization order on January 15, 1944, and headed to
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Lieutenant Colonel Jan Wojciech Kiwerski "Oliwa" - February 11 - April 18
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and sent to Russia while most of the soldiers were conscripted into the
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Colonel Kazimierz Damian Bąbiński "Luboń" - January 15 - February 11
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killing ethnic Ukrainians whom they encountered on Volhynian roads.
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and reached the Soviet lines. The officers were arrested by the
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Major Tadeusz Sztumberk-Rychter "Żegota" - May 3 - July 16
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Monument to the Volhynia 27th Home Army Infantry Division
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The division's remnants withdrew westwards, crossed the
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An official oath of the division's soldiers, winter 1944
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In 1944 the division fought several major battles near
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1944
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Volhynia
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Home Army
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Volhynia massacre
Polish 27th Infantry Division
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