Silvestras Žukauskas
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Silvestras Žukauskas was a Lithuanian General. He first served in the Imperial Russian Army, where he distinguished himself during World War I, rising to the rank of major general and ending the war a
General Silvestras Žukauskas in Lithuanian uniform
Memorial stone at the birthplace of Žukauskas
Žukauskas as the commander of the Lithuanian Army in 1920
Silvestras Žukauskas after the military exercise in Klaipėda, 1925
Lithuanian–Soviet War
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The Lithuanian–Soviet War or Lithuanian–Bolshevik War was fought between newly independent Lithuania and the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic in the aftermath of World War I. It was part o
Silvestras Žukauskas
…most of the 1st Infantry Division which he commanded. In early 1919, as Chief of the General Staff of the newly created Lithuanian Army, he pushed the invading Soviet forces out of Lithuania by the end of August 1919 with a successful offensive. However, he was dismissed from command as the organizers of the Polish coup…
Soviet prisoners of war in a Lithuanian camp. As of December 1, 1919, the Lithuanians held 1,773 Soviet prisoners.
Saxon volunteers. 18th regiment, 21st battalion. Kaunas, 23 January 1919.
Lithuanian partisan riflemen, led by Petras Šiaudinis, who fought against the Polish military in Lithuania, 1920
Grenadiers of the Vilnius battalion marching to the war front against the Bolsheviks near Kalkūnai, 1919