First UPA attack on Mizocz | |||||||
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Part of Polish-Ukrainian ethnic conflict during Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Germany Hungary | Ukrainian Insurgent Army | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Unknown or lack of a unified commander | Petro Olijnyk | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
incomplete company of the Hungarian army, Schutzmannschaft (about 40 policemen), armed Poles | sotnias dubienskiy and krzemienieckiy kurienskiy | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
unknown | unknown | ||||||
100 Polish civilians killed |
The first UPA attack on Mizocz - an attack by Ukrainian Insurgent Army units on the town of Mizocz, located in the Zdolbunov district of Volhynia province, and battles with a Hungarian army unit and police, combined with the murder of more than 100 Poles and the burning of most of the village buildings. The attack took place on the night of 24 to 25 August or 31 August to 1 September 1943, during the German occupation. The consequence of the attack was the evacuation of the surviving Polish civilians to Zdolbunov.