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“The Battle of Giedraičiai is an important victory for the Lithuanian Armed Forces: the soldiers defended the independence of Lithuania and did not let the occupying forces continue to the north of Lithuania. In the context of the whole fight for Lithuania, it is also a defeat, because we could not take back the capital Vilnius. Such a confrontation between the Lithuanian and Polish nations was a great defeat: when two fight, fight, the third wins ”, said the commander of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Valdemaras Rupšys.
According to the commander, Russia took advantage of the interwar differences between Lithuania and Poland a few decades later and both nations suffered again until 1990.
A monument created by sculptor Džiugas Jurkūnas was inaugurated at the battle site to commemorate the historic victory. The rusty cannon today symbolizes a strong alliance between the parties that fought a hundred years ago. The sides of the monument describe the situation at that time and the course of the battle.
When the Lithuanian army stopped the invasion of Lithuanian General L. Želigovskis’s units into the depths of Lithuania 100 years ago, the freedom of Lithuania was defended. 1919 After the first clashes between the Lithuanian and Polish armies in the spring of 1920, the fighting continued until 1920. In the autumn of last year, from November 17 to 21, the last battles of the Lithuanian and Polish armies took place in the Musninkai-Širvintos-Giedraičiai-Dubingiai front. The soldiers who fought in Giedraičiai and Širvintos took the initiative and displayed extraordinary courage and ingenuity in fighting superior forces.
Until now in 1920. The Battle of Giedraičiai is remembered as a major tactical victory that stopped the Polish attack and defended the previously controlled territory of the Lithuanian state. In the fight for independence, the young Lithuanian army turned a new page in the history of Lithuania. The officers and soldiers of the young Lithuanian army also distinguished themselves in battles; many of them sacrificed their lives for their homeland.
Until now, the memory of the independence fighters in Giedraičiai is preserved in 1932. The monument “Warriors who died for the freedom of Lithuania in 1920” was unveiled by Antanas Jaroševičius, a local artist.
Giedraičiai had repeatedly entered the history of the Lithuanian war, in 1830-1831. During the uprising, the rebels occupied Giedraičius for a short time, and in 1863. During the uprising, a bloody confrontation with the Russian army took place in or near Giedraičiai. After 1920, Giedraičiai remained an important symbol of the struggles for independence, reminiscent of the demarcation line and an important victory.
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