Defence of Zasmyki
| Defence of Zasmyki | |||||||
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| 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 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Polish Self–Defense Home Army |
Ukrainian Insurgent Army Germany | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Tadeusz Korona Władysław Czermiński Michał Fijałka | Yuriy Stelmashchuk(Second Battle) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | Higher than Polish | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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First Battle: 1 killed 2 wounded Second Battle: Dozen killed Third Battle: Unknown |
First Battle: 20 Killed Second Battle: ~100 Killed Third Battle: Dozen killed | ||||||
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Second Battle: 50+ Polish civilians killed Third Battle: dozen of Polish civilians killed | |||||||
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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.