FOREST BROTHERS Luksa Juozas
FOREST BROTHERS Luksa Juozas An autobiographical account of the armed resistance against the Soviet Union, which took place between 1944-1956. At its zenith 28,000 guerilla fighters participated in…
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FOREST BROTHERS Luksa Juozas
An autobiographical account of the armed resistance against the Soviet Union, which took place between 1944-1956. At its zenith 28,000 guerilla fighters participated in battles and skirmishes throughout Lithuania, Luksa (partisan codename Daumantas) being one of the leaders. Published in English for the first time in unabridged form, Luksa's memoir remains one of the few reliable eye-witness accounts of the "Invisible Front", as dubbed by Soviet security forces.
In 1948 Luksa and two comrades broke through the Iron Curtain on the Polish border. Forest Brothers also documents the role of women in the resistance, giving equal credit to these often silent partners. He sought training from the French intelligence and from the CIA.
Luksa was flown back into the Soviet Union under the radar on the night of October 4, 1950. He managed to survive and operate eleven months until his near