Battle of Mieniany

Battle of Mieniany
Part of the Massacres of the Poles in the Volhynia and Galicia during the Polish–Ukrainian ethnic conflict in the World War II
Date 15 August 1943 Location Mieniany, Hrubieszów County, Lublin Voivodeship Result Polish victory
Belligerents
Peasant Battalions Home Army	Third Reich Ukrainian Auxiliary Police 14th Grenadier Division of the Waffen–SS “Galicia”
Commanders and leaders
Stanisław Basaj Stefan Kwaśniewski	Unknown
Units involved
Battalion “Ryś” of the Peasant Battalions Company “Pogoń” of the Home Army Company “Grażyna” of the Home Army	Unknown
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
1 killed 1 wounded	4–8 killed[1][2]
7 Ukrainian civilians were murdered[3]

The Battle of Mieniany (Polish: Bitwa pod Mienianami, Ukrainian: Бій під Мінянами; 15 August 1943) was fought between the Battalion “Ryś” of the Peasant Battalions and Companies “Pogoń” and “Grażyna” of the Home Army under the command of Stanisław Basaj and Stefan Kwaśniewski against the Third Reich, Ukrainian Auxiliary Police and 14th Grenadier Division of the Waffen–SS “Galicia” in the Hrubieszów County of the Lublin Voivodeship.^[4]