Kęstutis military district

The district was home to some notable partisans, such as Jonas Žemaitis and Juozas Kasperavičius (its founder).

In 1943 the Lithuanian Front merged with other resistance organizations into the Supreme Committee for the Liberation of Lithuania (VLIK).

[2] Unlike the Lithuanian Front, the LLA had its own organized armed groups and battle plans, thus making them generally more fit for partisan warfare, along with it being more influential than its counterpart.

[3] The summer of that year brought hardships to the newly organised resistance movements which forced the partisans to reorganise their structure.

The latter, which was created in 1945, was one of the strongest units,[4] which eventually made up the base of the future military district.

The district suffered a heavy setback when two of its headquarters were destroyed, one of which was hiding Juozas Kasperavičius, who died in the attacks.

[7][5] Jonas Žemaitis, a local of the military district, rose to the ranks to become its leader after Kasperavičius's death.

The leaders of the Kęstutis district, maintaining a rise of intellectual and armed resistance, eventually took the initiative and began to form centralized leadership of the Lithuanian partisans.

[8] Another notable leader is Antanas Bakšys, who established the Vyčiai Union - an organization dedicated to fighting under intellectual means as the partisan movement was gradually weakening.