Miško broliai

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Miško broliai were Lithuanian anti-Soviet partisans who waged guerrilla warfare in the forests of the Baltic region after World War II.

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Miško broliai canonical 1
miško broliai 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Lithuanian anti-Soviet partisans
guerrilla movement
activePeriodEnd early 1950s
activePeriodStart 1944
alsoKnownAs Forest Brothers in Lithuania
baseOfOperations forest bunkers
conflict post–World War II anti-Soviet resistance in Lithuania
country Lithuania
enemy MGB
NKVD
Soviet security forces
goal restoration of independent Lithuania
historicalContext Soviet re-occupation of Lithuania in 1944
ideology Lithuanian nationalism
anti-communism
language Lithuanian
notableFor long-term armed resistance against Soviet authorities in Lithuania
operatedIn Baltic region
Lithuanian forests
operationalTactics ambushes
hit-and-run attacks
sabotage
opposed Soviet Union
Soviet occupation of Lithuania
partOf Baltic Forest Brothers
recruitedFrom Lithuanian civilians
former Lithuanian soldiers
region Baltic States
linked to: Baltic states
status disbanded
symbolizes Lithuanian armed resistance to Soviet rule
typeOfOrganization clandestine armed group
usedWarfareType guerrilla warfare

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Forest Brothers alsoKnownAs Miško broliai
Lithuanian Forest Brothers alsoKnownAs miško broliai
linked to: Miško broliai