Battle of Oździutycze

Battle of Oździutycze
Part of the Massacres of the Poles in the Volhynia and Galicia during the Polish–Ukrainian ethnic conflict in the World War II
Date29 February 1944
Location
Oździutycze, Włodzimierz County, Wołyń Voivodeship
Result Ukrainian victory
Belligerents
Home Army Ukrainian Insurgent Army
Kusch Units of the Ukrainian Self–Defense
Luftwaffe
Commanders and leaders
Stanisław Piaszczyński Hryhoriy Kovalchuk
Units involved

27th Volhynian Infantry Division

  • Battalion “Łuna”
  • Battalion “Trzask”
  • Battalion “Grzyms”

Western Operational Group

  • 3rd Operational Group “Lysonia”
    • 16th Tactical District “Seret”
      • Company “Siromantsi”
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
7–20 killed
20 wounded
2 captured
Unknown

The Battle of Oździutycze (Polish: Bitwa pod Oździutyczami, Ukrainian: Бій під Озютичамі; 29 February 1944) was fought between the “Łuna”, “Trzask” and “Grzyms” battalions in the Polish 27th Volhynian Infantry Division of the Home Army under the command of Stanisław Piaszczyński ,against the “Siromantsi” company of the 16th tactical district “Seret” in the 3rd Operational Group “Lysonia” of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army and Kusch Units of the Ukrainian Self–Defense under the command of Hryhoriy Kovalchuk in the Włodzimierz County of the Wołyń Voivodeship.