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Defence of Zasmyki

Defence of Zasmyki
Part of the Massacres of the Poles in the Volhynia and Galicia during the Polish–Ukrainian ethnic conflict in the World War II

Self-defense centers in 1943
DateAugust 1943 – March 1944
Location
Zasmyki and it's surroundings
Result Polish victory[1]
Belligerents
link Polish Self–Defense
link Home Army		 link Ukrainian Insurgent Army
 Germany
Commanders and leaders
link Tadeusz Korona
link Władysław Czermiński
link Michał Fijałka		 link Yuriy Stelmashchuk(Second Battle)
Strength
Unknown Higher than Polish[2]
Casualties and losses
First Battle:
1 killed[3][2][4]
2 wounded[3][4]
Second Battle:
Dozen killed[2]
Third Battle:
Unknown		 First Battle:
20 Killed[2][4]
Second Battle:
~100 Killed[2]
Third Battle:
Dozen killed[2]
Second Battle:
50+ Polish civilians killed[2]
Third Battle:
dozen of Polish civilians killed[2]

The Defence of Zasmyki was a series of clashes that occurred during Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia between Home Army and Ukrainian Insurgent Army (later on 19 January 1944 Wehrmacht) that took place between August 1943 to March 1944.[2][5][6]

  1. ^ Szarwiło, Bogusław (2018-08-25). "„RZECZPOSPOLITA ZASMYCKA" Niepokonana Baza Polskiej Samoobrony na Wołyniu". Kresowy Serwis Informacyjny (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-05-03.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Rzeczpospolita Zasmycka - Leksykon - Teatr NN". teatrnn.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-05-03.
  3. ^ a b Koprowski, Marek A. (2024). Armia Krajowa na Wołyniu czyli Zdrady nie było (Wydanie I ed.). Poznań: Replika. p. 86–89. ISBN 978-83-67295-72-7.
  4. ^ a b c Siemaszko, Ewa (2008). Ludobójstwo dokonane przez nacjonalistoẃ ukraińskich na ludności polskiej Wołynia, 1939–1945 [Massacres committed by the Ukrainian nationalists against the Polish population of the Volhynia, 1939–1945] (in Polish). Von Borowiecky. p. 354. ISBN 978-83-60748-01-5.
  5. ^ Koprowski, Marek A. (2024). Armia Krajowa na Wołyniu czyli Zdrady nie było (Wydanie I ed.). Poznań: Replika. p. 86–89. ISBN 978-83-67295-72-7.
  6. ^ Rąkowski, Grzegorz (2005). Wołyń (in Polish). Oficyna Wydawnicza "Rewasz". p. 94. ISBN 978-83-89188-32-8.

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