Attack on Hrubieszów
| Attack on Hrubieszów | |||||||||
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| Part of Anti-communist resistance in Poland (1944–1953) and Anti-Soviet resistance by UPA | |||||||||
Cursed soldiers | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Anti-communists: Cursed soldiers Ukrainian Insurgent Army |
Communists: Polish People's Republic Soviet Union | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Henryk Lewczuk Jan Niewiadomski Yevhen Sztendera | Unknown | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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Home Army WiN Ukrainian Insurgent Army |
Citizens' Militia (MO) Polish Police NKVD | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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150–200 300 | Unknown | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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1 killed 5 killed; 3 wounded |
9 killed 9 killed | ||||||||
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The attack on Hrubieszów was a joint action of the Polish post-Home Army (AK) organization Freedom and Independence (WiN) and the Ukrainian partisans of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), which took place on the night of 27 May 1946. It was the most significant joint action carried out by both organizations, which had previously often fought each other, but they decided to co-operate in the face of the common threat from the Polish communists and the Soviet NKVD.