One subject not known to the general public school graduates was the fact
...the detonation of the Vilnius Uprising.
The Vilnius Uprising, known as Operation Sharp Gate, began on July 7, 1944. About 12,5 1000 Home Army soldiers (AK) began to liberate Vilnius from German occupation. Poles fought side by side with the entering Red Army. Polish command wanted to act as the host of the area. Operation run and effect:7-13 July 1944: The soldiers of the AK under the command of Lt. Alexander Krzyżanowski, ps. “Wilk” led dense fights in and around the city.
Operation Sharp Gate is simply a large conflict between the Home Army and Germany. It took place on 7–13 July 1944 in Vilnius. It was part of the national plan “Burza”. Poles wanted to free Vilnius themselves. As a result, they would appear before the entering Red Army as legitimate hosts of the area.
More than 12,5 1000 Polish soldiers took part in the fight. Poles went to attack with Soviets. We managed to defeat the Germans and free the city. Polish soldiers even hung a white-red flag on Castle Mountain.
Military success: Poles and Soviets expelled Germans from Vilnius.
The tragic end: After taking the city the Soviets arrested Polish command, and thousands of soldiers of the AK disarmed and transported to camps (e.g. to Kaluga).
Why was that important?
From the position of the Polish government in London, the operation was part of the nationwide action “Burza”. It was expected to prove that Vilnius was Polish before the russian Union occupied it. However, the russian authorities had another plans and yet incorporated these lands into the USSR.
Several insurgents, Poles and Lithuanians moved to Poland and hid in the forests of northern Poland. That's where it was from. Augustov's manhunt.
I come from the area of the Knyszyń Forest and as a kid I remember erstwhile adults among themselves talked about "bands" in the woods. It was about food for those there "band", due to the fact that villages and forests were frequently "stamped" by the military.
When there was silence and there was no armed arm of power in the villages, the insurgents left the forest. any people blended into the life of the village; they rented out for work, young people sought their wives, etc. after the war there were no men and hands to work. Of course, the visitors disappeared erstwhile the military trucks came along.
Several marriages and fresh families were formed from the merger of indigenous girls with ...Lithuanian Poles. Time flowed, politics changed, including "our camp" and the Polish Lithuanians began to arrive ... Lithuanian families, sometimes found that as a consequence of these visits ... they had 2 wives. ;)
