Prisikėlimas military district

[1] As the front between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union was moving back towards Lithuania, multiple resistance organizations were established.

On 16 July 1944 Motiejus Pečulionis, a representative of the Supreme Committee for the Liberation of Lithuania, arrived in the city of Šiauliai to seek connection with underground resistance movements, primarily with the Lithuanian Liberty Army (LLA).

[1] Jonas Žemaitis, the commander of the Kęstutis military district, sent Petras Bartkus and Bronius Liesis to establish connections with the fallen local headquarters and gather the partisans.

Despite the district lacking in partisan press in the beginning, it managed to publish its own newspaper Prisikėlimo Ugnis (Fire of the resurrection), first in 1948.

Due to the district's favorable strategic position, Jonas Žemaitis relocated to a forest within its area.

In 1949 leaders shifted again as Povilas Morkūnas replaced Leonardas Grigonis, who headed the district until 1951.