Battle of Moczulanka

Battle of Moczulanka
	Part of the Massacres of the Poles in the Volhynia and Galicia during the Polish–Ukrainian ethnic conflict in the World War II
Date	16 November 1943
Location	Moczulanka
Result	Polish victory
Belligerents
Polish Self–Defense ; Home Army ; Soviet partisans	Ukrainian Insurgent Army
Commanders and leaders
Władysław Kochański; Captain Kotlarov	Ivan Litvinchuk
Strength
Unknown	1,200
Casualties and losses
Dozen killed	54 killed; 40+ wounded

The Battle of Moczulanka was an armed clash that took place on November 16, 1943, in the village of Moczulanka, between an Home Army unit and a group of Soviet partisans composed of Poles against a unit of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.^[3]^[4]

Battle

On November 16, 1943, taking advantage of the absence of the "Bomba" unit in the village, which had set off on an action against the Germans, UPA units numbering about 1,200 men attacked the self-defense center from the east. Heavy fighting lasted the entire day. The balance of forces changed with the return of the "Bomba" unit, which attacked the Ukrainians near Moczulanka, and the attack on the UPA units by Soviet partisans under the command of Captain Kotlarov. The defeated and scattered UPA members lost 54 dead and about 40 wounded.^[2] Poles lost dozen killed.^[1]

Aftermath

Upa while retreating from Stara Huta, the murdered about 15 Poles in Kolonia Bielczakowska.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Siemaszko, Ewa (2008). Ludobójstwo dokonane przez nacjonalistoẃ ukraińskich na ludności polskiej Wołynia, 1939–1945 [Massacres committed by the Ukrainian nationalists against the Polish population of the Volhynia, 1939–1945] (in Polish). Von Borowiecky. p. 258-259. ISBN 978-83-60748-01-5.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Motyka, Grzegorz (2006). Ukraińska partyzantka 1942-1960: działalność Organizacji Ukraińskich Nacjonalistów i Ukraińskiej Powstańczej Armii. Seria Wschodnia. Warszawa: Instytut Studiów Politycznych PAN : Oficyna Wydawnicza Rytm. pp. 351–352. ISBN 978-83-88490-58-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
^ "Kalendarium I batalionu 45 pp 27. Wołyńskiej Dywizji AK". archive.is. 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2025-03-01.
^ "Instytut Pamięci Narodowej - wersja tekstowa - www.ipn.gov.pl". web.archive.org. 2008-05-29. Retrieved 2025-03-01.

[Siemaszko-1] Siemaszko, Ewa (2008). Ludobójstwo dokonane przez nacjonalistoẃ ukraińskich na ludności polskiej Wołynia, 1939–1945 [Massacres committed by the Ukrainian nationalists against the Polish population of the Volhynia, 1939–1945] (in Polish). Von Borowiecky. p. 258-259. ISBN 978-83-60748-01-5.

[:13-2] Motyka, Grzegorz (2006). Ukraińska partyzantka 1942-1960: działalność Organizacji Ukraińskich Nacjonalistów i Ukraińskiej Powstańczej Armii. Seria Wschodnia. Warszawa: Instytut Studiów Politycznych PAN : Oficyna Wydawnicza Rytm. pp. 351–352. ISBN 978-83-88490-58-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)

[3] "Kalendarium I batalionu 45 pp 27. Wołyńskiej Dywizji AK". archive.is. 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2025-03-01.

[4] "Instytut Pamięci Narodowej - wersja tekstowa - www.ipn.gov.pl". web.archive.org. 2008-05-29. Retrieved 2025-03-01.

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