Dainava military district

Dainava military district (also Dainava partisans military district) is a military district of Lithuanian partisans which operated in 1945–1951 in the counties of Alytus, Lazdijai and Varėna in Dainava (Dzūkija). The most significant battles: on May 17, 1945, in the Kalniškės Forest of the Simnas rural district in the Alytus district (44 partisans killed, about 400 NKVD members killed^[1]); on June 14, 1945, in the Varčia Forest of the Daugai rural district (40 partisans killed or were arrested, about 176 NKVD members were killed^[2]).^[3]

Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas, one of the leaders of the Lithuanian resistance.

Partisans of the district in 1950

Leaders

Name and surname	Nom de guerre	Since	Till	Comments
Juozas Vitkus	Kazimieraitis	1945 November	1946 May
Dominykas Jėčys	Ąžuolis	1946 May	1947 August
Adolfas Ramanauskas	Vanagas	1947 August	1948 September
Benediktas Labėnas	Kariūnas	1948 September	1949 March	died in the line of duty
Lionginas Baliukevičius	Dzūkas	1949 May	1950 June	died in the line of duty
Juozas Gegužis	Diemedis	1950 June	1951 September
Vincas Daunoras	Ungurys	1951 September	1952 May	died in the line of duty

Structure of Lithuanian partisans' organisation

LLKS

Western Lithuania (Jūra) region

Southern Lithuania (Nemunas) region

Eastern Lithuania (King Mindaugas) region

Žemaičiai military district

Prisikėlimas military district

Kęstutis military district

Tauras military district

Dainava military district

Algimantas military district

Vytautas military district

Vytis military district

Didžioji Kova military district

Alka

Maironis

Vaidotas

Vytautas

Dzūkai

Žalioji

Tigras

Krikštaponis

Šatrija

Duke Žvelgaitis

Birutė

Žalgiris

Šarūnas

Šarūnas

Liūtas

Briedis

Kardas

Juozapavičius

Butageidis

Geležinis vilkas

Kazimieraitis

Duke Margiris

Lokys

Lietuvos žalioji