Battle of Oździutycze

The Battle of Oździutycze (Polish; Bitwa pod Oździutyczami, Ukrainian; Бій під Озютичамі; 29 February 1944) was fought between the Battalions “Łuna”, “Trzask”, “Grzyms” and “Osnowa” in the 27th Volhynian Infantry Division of the Home Army under the command of Jan Wojciech Kiwerski, Stanisław Piaszczyński, Zbigniew Twardy, Franciszek Pukacki and Kazimierz Rzaniak against the Company “Siromantsi” of the 16th Tactical District “Seret” in the 3rd Operational Group “Lysonia” of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army and Ukrainian Legion of the Self–Defense under the command of Omelyan Polyovyi and Hryhoriy Kovalchuk in the Włodzimierz County of the Wołyń Voivodeship.[1][3]

Battle of Oździutycze
Part of the Massacres of the Poles in the Volhynia and Galicia during the Polish–Ukrainian ethnic conflict in the World War II
Date29 February 1944
Location
Oździutycze, Włodzimierz County, Wołyń Voivodeship
Result Ukrainian victory
Belligerents
Home Army Ukrainian Insurgent Army
Ukrainian Legion of the Self–Defense
Commanders and leaders
Major Stanisław Piaszczyński
Franciszek Pukacki
Zbigniew Twardy
unknown
Units involved

27th Volhynian Infantry Division

    • Battalion “Łuna”
    • Battalion “Trzask”
    • Battalion “Grzyms”
    • Battalion “Osnowa”

Western Operational Group

  • 3rd Operational Group “Lysonia”
    • 16th Tactical District “Seret”
      • Company “Siromantsi”
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
7–20 killed[1][2]
20 wounded[2]
2 captured[2]		 Unknown

Battle

The Battalions “Łuna”, “Trzask”, “Grzyms” and “Osnowa” in the 27th Volhynian Infantry Division of the Home Army launched an attack on the Ukrainian military base in the village of Oździutycze. The offensive choked and was stopped under the heavy machine-gun fire from the two Ukrainian large-caliber machine guns, which was fired from the tower of the Catholic Church and the mill together with the mortars. The Poles were also fired upon by the three German Luftwaffe aircraft that flew in, apparently, to scout the situation in the village. The Polish armed units lost approximately 7–20 men killed, 20 men wounded and 2 men were taken prisoner by the UPA.[4][5] They were questioned and told what the Home Army's tasks were about.

The fallen Poles were buried at the Roman Catholic cemetery in Zasmyki[6].

References
  1. Siemaszko, Ewa; Siemaszko, Ewa (2008). Ludobójstwo dokonane przez nacjonalistoẃ ukraińskich na ludności polskiej Wołynia, 1939-1945 (in Polish). Wydawn. von borowiecky. p. 167. ISBN 978-83-60748-01-5.
  2. Motyka, Grzegorz (2006). Ukraińska partyzantka 1942-1960: działalność Organizacji Ukraińskich Nacjonalistów i Ukraińskiej Powstańczej Armii (in Polish). Instytut Studiów Politycznych PAN. p. 360. ISBN 978-83-7399-163-7.
  3. Siemaszko, Ewa (2008). Ludobójstwo dokonane przez nacjonalistoẃ ukraińskich na ludności polskiej Wołynia, 1939-1945 (in Polish). von borowiecky. p. 167. ISBN 978-83-60748-01-5.
  4. Siemaszko, Ewa (2008). Ludobójstwo dokonane przez nacjonalistoẃ ukraińskich na ludności polskiej Wołynia, 1939-1945 (in Polish). Wydawn. von borowiecky. p. 167. ISBN 978-83-60748-01-5.
  5. Motyka, Grzegorz (2006). Ukraińska partyzantka 1942-1960: działalność Organizacji Ukraińskich Nacjonalistów i Ukraińskiej Powstańczej Armii (in Polish). Instytut Studiów Politycznych PAN. p. 360. ISBN 978-83-7399-163-7.
  6. Siemaszko, Ewa (2008). Ludobójstwo dokonane przez nacjonalistoẃ ukraińskich na ludności polskiej Wołynia, 1939-1945 (in Polish). Wydawn. von borowiecky. p. 167. ISBN 978-83-60748-01-5.

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