Cichociemny kpt. Władysław Kochański „Bomba”/„Wujek” i jego żołnierze w obronie ludności polskiej Wołynia w 2. połowie 1943 roku

Abstract

“CICHOCIEMNY” CAPTAIN WŁADYSŁAW KOCHAŃSKI “BOMBA”/”WUJEK” AND HIS SOLDIERS IN DEFENSE OF THE POLISH PEOPLE OF VOLHYNIA IN THE SECOND HALF OF 1943 The article presents activities of a partisan unit of the Home Army commanded by Capt. Władysław Kochański. Its origins date back to the first half of 1943, when a self-defense unit was established in Huta Stepańska. After the fall of Huta, Kochański formed a partisan unit out of his subordinates – a unit of nearly 700 soldiers. From July 1943, the unit was involved in one-sided fights with the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) in defense of Polish villages. It was especially visible in the so-called Zasłucze region, where several thousand people took refuge in Stara Huta and its vicinity. In December 1943, the unit joined the 27th Volhynian Infantry Division and became part of the I/45 infantry regiment. The further combat spread through Volhynia, Polesie to the Lublin region, where the division was disarmed in July 1944.