Adolfas Kubilius
Adolfas Kubilius (26 July 1918 – 9 March 1946), also known by his codenames Balys, Radvila, or Vaišvila, was a Lithuanian anti-Soviet partisan and a commander of partisans in the Samogitia region.
Adolfas Kubilius | |
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Kubilius with uniform of the Lithuanian Armed Forces during the interwar period | |
| Commander of the Žemaičiai military district | |
| In office March 1945 – 9 March 1946 | |
| Succeeded by | Jonas Semaška |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 July 1918 Budriai, Kretinga district municipality, Lithuania |
| Died | 9 March 1946 (aged 27) Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Cause of death | Execution by shooting |
| Occupation | Lithuanian partisan |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Lithuania |
| Years of service | 1940 (Lithuanian Army) 1943-1946 (Lithuanian Liberation Army) |
Kubilius was a teacher during interwar Lithuania. In 1940 he was conscripted into the Lithuanian army but was quickly demobilized due to the Soviet occupation of Lithuania. At the beginning of Nazi occupation of Lithuania, Kubilius studied journalism in Vytautas Magnus University, though after persecutions by the Gestapo began, he went into hiding and joined the Lithuanian Liberation Army, becoming one of its leaders, and began organizing men in Samogitia, establishing the Samogitian Legion. He was captured in 1945 and sentenced to be shot in 1946.