Przebraże Defence
The Przebraże Defence – defensive fights in the village of Przebraże (now Гайове, Ukraine) belonging to the Trościaniec cluster, in Lutsk poviat, voivodeship in Volhynia between July 1943 and January 1944. In Przebraże, Polish civilians from Volhynia organized defense against the UPA. The village was never conquered by UPAs.
| Defence of Przebraże | |||||||
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| Part of Polish-Ukrainian ethnic conflict and Eastern Front of World War II | |||||||
The self-defense centres in the Volhynia Voivodship in 1943 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Polish self-defence in Volhynia Home Army Soviet Union (partisans) | Ukrainian Insurgent Army | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Henryk Cybulski Nikolai Prokopyuk | Dmytro Klyachkivsky | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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initially: 25-30 at the end of August 1943: approx. 1,000 Poles and 200 Soviets |
initially: 1,000 at the end of August 1943: approx. 6,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 10 killed | approximately 400 killed | ||||||
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