Tauragė · Lithuania
Site of Kęstutis District Headquarters Bunker
📍 8983+VR, Ridikiškė, 72164 Tauragės r. sav., Lithuania
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The Kęstutis military district was a military district of Lithuanian partisans which operated from 1946 to 1959 in the counties of Tauragė, Raseiniai, Jurbarkas, Šiauliai, Joniškis, partially - Kėdainiai and Kaunas. The military district was named after the Grand Duke of Lithuania Kęstutis, and consisted of three units named Vaidotas, Birutė, Butigeidis. The district was home to some notable partisans, such as Jonas Žemaitis and Juozas Kasperavičius (its founder). The Union of Lithuanian Freedom Fighters was established in the area of the military district.
- 1 The military district was named after the Grand Duke of Lithuania Kęstutis, and consisted of three units named Vaidotas, Birutė, Butigeidis.
- 2 The district was home to some notable partisans, such as Jonas Žemaitis and Juozas Kasperavičius (its founder).
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