Battle of Małków

The Battle of Małków (Polish: Bitwy o Małków, Ukrainian: Бої під Малковом; February — March, 1944) was fought between the Battalion “Ryś” of the Peasant Battalions and Home Army under the command of Stanisław Basaj against the Third Reich, Ukrainian Auxiliary Police and 14th Grenadier Division of the Waffen–SS “Galicia” in the Hrubieszów Country of the Lublin Voivodeship.

[2] Subsequently, the 3rd Platoon of the Ryś Battalion scored a decisive victory over the forces of the Ukrainian police and troops of the 14th Grenadier Division near the village of Mieniany.

On 27 February, there was another skirmish near Malkov, where the battalion claimed victory over the SS Beyersdorf Battle Group and the Ukrainian National Self-Defence.

The "Ryś" Battalion captured 2 rifles, 3 grenades and a reprimand pistol[3][2][1][4] The battalion's commander, upon hearing that the village was being pacified, immediately set off to help the village in Małków, 3 platoons of the Home Army joined the battle, after pushing out the enemy forces, After pushing out the enemy forces, the German army found itself encircled from 3 sides, the German offensive ended in a defeat, which was sealed by the death of the commander, and the death of many soldiers on the side of the non-friend, on the side of the partisans the losses were much smaller, 6 soldiers were lost and 16 wounded, after this.

At the same time, "Czarusia" and "Wiktor" companies of the Home Army drove the enemy back from the Sokal-Hrubieszow road and captured Mircze; having achieved these objectives, the Polish units captured the last points of enemy resistance in the villages of: Modryń, Modryniec and Masłomęcz The third phase of operations attacked Ukrainian self-defence bases in the villages of: Mieniany, Kozodawy, Cichobórz and Kosmów, completely driving out their crews.

Members of the assault platoon at "Ciąg's"