Przebraże Defence (1943)

Przebraże Defence (23px|border|link Ukrainian Insurgent Army vs 24px|border|link Polish Self–Defense & 24px|border|link Home Army & 27px|border|link Soviet partisans) took place in 1943 during the Massacres of the Poles in the Volhynia and Galicia during the Polish–Ukrainian ethnic conflict in the World War II.

Battle facts

• Year: 1943
• Date: 1943-10-15
• Era: Modern
• Conflict: the Massacres of the Poles in the Volhynia and Galicia during the Polish–Ukrainian ethnic conflict in the World War II
• Side A: 23px|border|link Ukrainian Insurgent Army
• Side B: 24px|border|link Polish Self–Defense, 24px|border|link Home Army, 27px|border|link Soviet partisans
• Commanders (A): 23px|border|link Dmytro Klyachkivsky, 23px|border|link Yuriy Stelmaschuk
• Commanders (B): 24px|border|link Ludwik Malinowski, 24px|border|link Albert Wasilewski, 24px|border|link Henryk Cybulski, 24px|border|link Jan Rerutko, 27px|border|link Nikolay Prokopyuk
• Casualties: 400 killed and wounded 40 captured (side A), 10 killed (side B)
• Outcome: Polish victory
• Coordinates: 50.906°, 25.556°

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