Battle of Murowana Oszmianka

Battle of Murowana Oszmianka
Part of Polish-Lithuanian Ethnic Conflict
Date 13–14 May 1944 Location Murowana Oszmianka and Tołminowo [be] 54°27′28″N 25°46′43″E / 54.45778°N 25.77861°E / 54.45778; 25.77861 Result Polish victory
Belligerents
Polish Underground State (Home Army)	Lithuanian Territorial Defense Force
Commanders and leaders
Czesław Dębicki [pl][1]	Povilas Grigaliunas Eduardas Počebutas  †
Units involved
5 Home Army partisan brigades:[2] 3rd Brigade 8th Brigade 9th Brigade 12th Brigade 13th Brigade	Lithuanian Territorial Defense Force:[2] 301st Battalion (elements)
Strength
~ 600 strong [2]	~ 750 strong [2]
Casualties and losses
13[2]-15[1] killed, 6[1]-25[2] wounded	50[2]-70[1] killed, 60-130[2] wounded, 150[1]-300[2] taken prisoner (the rest escaped) Total:260-500

The Battle of Murowana Oszmianka of 13–14 May 1944 was the largest clash between the Polish resistance movement organization Home Army (Armia Krajowa, AK) and the Lithuanian Territorial Defense Force (LTDF); a Lithuanian volunteer security force subordinated to Nazi Germany occupational administration. The battle took place in and near the village of Murowana Oszmianka in Generalbezirk Litauen, part of the Reichskommissariat Ostland. The outcome of the battle was that the 301st LTDF battalion was routed and the entire force was disbanded by the Germans soon afterwards^[3] due to its members refusing to take an oath to Hitler and be subordinate to German commanders.^[4]