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Vytautas the Great Jaeger Battalion (VDJB - Vytauto Didžiojo jėgerių batalionas) in Kaunas. Main tasks: special reconnaissance, direct action, unconventional warfare. Special Mission Unit (YPT - Ypatingosios paskirties tarnyba) in Vilnius. Main tasks: counter-terrorism, hostage rescue, special operations on land, water and air.
Jägerregiment No.2 (10th Jäger Battalion, 10th and 14th Reserve Jäger Battalions) Bavarian Jägerregiment No.3 (1st - 4th Bavarian Ski Battalions) Alpine Corps (1st, 2nd & 3rd Jäger Regiments) 1916. Württemberg Mountain Battalion; Jägerregiment No.4 (11th Jäger Battalion, 5th and 6th Reserve Jäger Battalions)
It is also in charge of other tasks, e.g., protection of VIPs in peacetime. Its core is based on the Special Purpose Service, Vytautas the Great Jaeger Battalion and Combat Divers Service. Lithuanian Air Force Special Operations Element is subordinate to the Unit at the level of operations management. Its structure is flexible which makes it ...
Vytautas (/ v ɪ ˈ t aʊ t ə s /; c. 1350 – 27 October 1430), also known as Vytautas the Great, [1] [a] was a ruler of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. He was also the prince of Grodno (1370–1382), prince of Lutsk (1387–1389), and the postulated king of the Hussites .
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The sitting-room of Vytautas the Great resembles a medieval castle hall and is dedicated to Vytautas the Great. Its designer, architect Jonas Kova-Kovalskis , studied Gothic architecture by visiting the Malbork and Kuressaare Castles. [5] It is the most luxurious room but also suffered the most damage during the Soviet era. [6]
The Kaunas massacre of October 29, 1941, also known as the Great Action, was the largest mass murder of Lithuanian Jews. [1]By the order of SS-Standartenführer Karl Jäger and SS-Rottenführer Helmut Rauca, the Sonderkommando under the leadership of SS-Obersturmführer Joachim Hamann, and 8 to 10 men from Einsatzkommando 3, murdered 2,007 Jewish men, 2,920 women, and 4,273 children [2] in a ...