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Battle of Vilya

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detachment of Polish communist partisans, who were guarding a grain haul. The Home Army part of the group was commanded by Lieutenant Zdzisław Ostromęcki "Podkowa". The commander of the communist part was platoon leader Franciszek Szafran. In total, the Polish forces initially numbered around 40
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The village of Vilya, where a strong UPA outpost was located in 1943, was a base for attacks on Polish settlements, including Niemilia (Ludwipol municipality). On 4 September 1943, a fight took place with armed Ukrainians while harvesting grain from the surrounding fields for Polish refugees and
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Both sides, surprised by the encounter, engaged in a battle in which the weaker Polish side initially suffered losses of 16 men. The battle was won by the arrival of reinforcements from a Soviet unit and an Home Army unit under
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Ludobójstwo dokonane przez nacjonalistów ukraińskich na ludności polskiej Wołynia 1939-1945
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After bloody clashes that lasted all day, the Polish partisans also withdrew. According to
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From the Volhynian massacre to Operation Vistula. Polish-Ukrainian conflict 1943-1947
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Genocide committed by Ukrainian nationalists on the Polish population of Volhynia
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Od rzezi wołyńskiej do akcji „Wisła”. Konflikt polsko-ukraiński 1943-1947
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that took place on 6 September 1943 in the village of Vilya in
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On 6 September 1943, two sotnias and a staff group of the
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Massacres of the Poles in the Volhynia and Galicia
Polish–Ukrainian ethnic conflict
World War II

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Home Army
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Soviet partisans
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Ukrainian People's Revolutionary Army
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Władysław Kochański
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Polish self-defence on Volhynia
Battle of Gruszówka
Battle of Vilya
Defence of Andreszówka
Defence of Antonówka
Defence of Antonówka Szepelska
Defence of Bielin and Spaszczyzna
Defence of Dąbrowa
Defence of Dederkały

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