Battle of Kosmach
Appearance
Battle of Kosmach | |||||||
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Part of the Ukrainian Resistance against the Soviet Union in the World War II | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Soviet Union | Ukrainian Insurgent Army | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Aleksey Dergachev † |
Myroslav Symsych Pavlo Vatsyk | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Ministry of the Internal Affairs
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Strength | |||||||
500–2,000 men | 1,200 men | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
386–450 killed 300 wounded |
6–12 killed 18 wounded |
The Battle of Kosmach (Ukrainian: Бої під Космачем; 30 January — 5 February, 1945) was fought between the 31st, 33rd, 87th Frontier Detachments, 256th Regiment of the NKVD in the Ministry of the Internal Affairs of the Soviet Union under the command of Aleksey Dergachev against the Armed Units “Skazheni”, “Hutsulskyi”, “Haydamaky” and “Pidkarpatskyi” of the 4th Operational Group “Hoverla” in the Western Operational Group of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army under the command of Myroslav Symsych and Pavlo Vatsyk in the Kosiv Raion of the Stanislav Oblast.[1][2]