Battle of Lokot, was a partisan attempt to capture the capital of the Lokot Autonomy - Lokot. The battle took place during the night between the 7th and 8th of January 1942. The battle was a victory for the Lokot Autonomy.[2]
| Battle of Lokot | |||||||
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| Part of Eastern Front (World War II) | |||||||
 Map of the Lokot Autonomy | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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 Soviet Partisans | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Konstantin Voskoboinik † |
Alexander Saburov | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 350 Militia | "A few hundreds" (greater than Lokot Republic's Number) | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 50 killed[1] | 80 killed | ||||||
Background
editThe Lokot Autonomy was established in 1941, after the Germans entered the Soviet territory. It was a collaborationist semi-autonomous state led by Bronislav Kaminski.[3] It's army was mostly known for fighting partisans during World War II, in which it has been very effective, according to the germans.[4]
Their anti-partisan operations have inflicted heavy casualties against partisans.[4] Some sources claiming they killed around 1584 partisans, and capturing 1568 too. Bronislav Kaminski created Lokot's People Militia in order to maintain order in said territory.[2]
Battle
editThe Partisans led by Alexander Saburov left their camp in the night between 7-8th of January and started marching towards Lokot, the capital of Lokot Republic. The People's Militia of the Lokot Autonomy did not expect any attacks, and most of their army was sleeping.[2]
As the first gunshots were fired, the soldiers of the Lokot Autonomy quickly woke up, dressed up and went outside to defend the city from the attack. Despite the sudden ambush, the Lokot army quickly organised and started gaining advantage in the battle, pushing the partisans out of the city in the same night that the battle begun in.[2]
Konstatin Voskoboinik - Starosta of the Lokot Autonomy was killed in the battle.[5]
Aftermath
editThe battle did not make a decisive change in the region, but forced the partisans to retreat, and led to no partisan attempts to take the city in the future. It did boost the local support and propaganda for the Lokot autonomy.[2][6]
References
edit- ^ Залесский К. А. Командиры элитных частей СС. Москва, 2007. Большая российская энциклопедия (in Russian). ISBN 978-5-17-038517-1.
- ^ a b c d e "Zbrodnie SS-RONA podczas Powstania Warszawskiego. Czarny szlak rosyjskich renegatów dowodzonych przez Bronisława Kamińskiego (in Polish)".
- ^ Haslinger, Peter (6 September 2021). Fighting Hunger, Dealing with Shortage. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-46184-0.
- ^ a b "Republika Łokocka – udany eksperyment niemiecki podczas II wojny światowej? | HISTORIA.org.pl - historia, kultura, muzea, matura, rekonstrukcje i recenzje historyczne". HISTORIA.org.pl (in Polish). 2015-10-19. Retrieved 2024-12-06.
- ^ "Konstantin Voskoboinik". 2016-03-05. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 2024-12-06.
- ^ "Чуев Сергей - Проклятые солдаты. Предатели на стороне III рейха, скачать бесплатно книгу в формате fb2, doc, rtf, html, txt". royallib-com.translate.goog. Retrieved 2024-12-06.