Battle of Zabłocie
| Battle of Zabłocie | |||||||
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| Part of during the Polish–Ukrainian ethnic conflict in the World War II | |||||||
The 348th Platoon “Kirgiz” of the Peasant Battalions | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Peasant Battalions Home Army |
Third Reich Ukrainian Auxiliary Police 14th Grenadier Division of the Waffen–SS “Galicia” | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Stanisław Basaj Mieczysław Olszak | Unknown | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Unknown | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 140 men | About 350 men | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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3 killed 5–7 wounded |
27 killed many wounded | ||||||
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The Battle of Zabłocie (Polish: Bitwa pod Zabłocami, Ukrainian: Бій під Заблоцями; 14 February 1944) was fought between the 348th Platoon “Kirgiz” and Battalion “Ryś” of the Peasant Battalions and Platoon “Hardy” of the Home Army under the command of Stanisław Basaj and Mieczysław Olszak against the Third Reich, Ukrainian Auxiliary Police and 14th Grenadier Division of the Waffen–SS “Galicia” in the Hrubieszów County of the Lublin Voivodeship.