Battle of Moczulanka

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Battle of Moczulanka
Part of the Massacres of the Poles in the Volhynia and Galicia during the Polish–Ukrainian ethnic conflict in the World War II
Date16 November 1943
Location
Moczulanka
Result Polish victory
Belligerents
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Polish Self–Defense
Flaga PPP.svg Home Army
Flag of the USSR (1936-1955).svg Soviet partisans 		OUN-r Flag 1941.svg Ukrainian Insurgent Army
Commanders and leaders
Flaga PPP.svg Władysław Kochański
Flag of the USSR (1936-1955).svg Captain Kotlarov		 OUN-r Flag 1941.svg Ivan Litvinchuk
Strength
Unknown 1,200
Casualties and losses
Dozen killed [1] 54 killed [2]
40+ wounded [2]

The Battle of Moczulanka was an armed clash that took place on November 16, 1943, in the village of Moczulanka, between an Home Army unit and a group of Soviet partisans composed of Poles against a unit of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. [3] [4]

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Battle

On November 16, 1943, taking advantage of the absence of the "Bomba" unit in the village, which had set off on an action against the Germans, UPA units numbering about 1,200 men attacked the self-defense center from the east. Heavy fighting lasted the entire day. The balance of forces changed with the return of the "Bomba" unit, which attacked the Ukrainians near Moczulanka, and the attack on the UPA units by Soviet partisans under the command of Captain Kotlarov. The defeated and scattered UPA members lost 54 dead and about 40 wounded. [2] Poles lost dozen killed. [1]

Aftermath

Upa while retreating from Stara Huta, the murdered about 15 Poles in Kolonia Bielczakowska. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 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. 258-259. ISBN   978-83-60748-01-5.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Motyka, Grzegorz (2006). Ukraińska partyzantka 1942-1960: działalność Organizacji Ukraińskich Nacjonalistów i Ukraińskiej Powstańczej Armii. Seria Wschodnia. Warszawa: Instytut Studiów Politycznych PAN : Oficyna Wydawnicza Rytm. pp. 351–352. ISBN   978-83-88490-58-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  3. ↑ "Kalendarium I batalionu 45 pp 27. Wołyńskiej Dywizji AK". archive.is. 2012-09-05. Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2025-03-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ↑ "Instytut Pamięci Narodowej - wersja tekstowa - www.ipn.gov.pl". 2008-05-29. Archived from the original on 29 May 2008. Retrieved 2025-03-01.

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