II Pasaulinio karo lauko fortikacijos įrenginiai Belmonte ir Sapieginėje

LT2013 m. lapkričio mėnesį Generolo Jono Žemaičio Lietuvos karo akademijos Karo mokslų instituto Karo istorijos centras atliko Vilniaus senojo miesto vietoje su priemiesčiais (UK 25504), Filaretų (Sapieginėje) ir Srovės gatvėse (Belmonte) (Vilniaus m.) esančių II Pasaulinio karo lauko fortifikacijos įrenginių (neregistriniai objektai) archeologinius žvalgymus. Sapieginės miško parke žvalgytas apie 5000 m² plotas, fiksuota 15 radimviečių. Belmonto miške žvalgytas apie 11200 m² plotas, fiksuotos 38 radimvietės. Archeologinių žvalgymų metu spėta išžvalgyti tik atsparos punkto 116 P dalį-atšalus orams ir pradėjus snigti, žvalgymai buvo nutraukti. Norint susidaryti objektyvų kovų Belmonte vaizdą, būtina baigti žvalgymus atsparos punkte 116 ir atlikti žvalgymus piečiau esančiuose atsparos punktuose 118 ir 119 bei jungiamosiose tranšėjose. Atsparos punkte 116 aptikti 99 radiniai. Daugiausia tai vokiškos 7,92 mm šovinių tūtos (8 mm mauser), pavieniai neiššauti šoviniai, įvairių kalibrų kulkos. [...] [p. 489, 492].

ENIn November 2013, the Centre of Military History of the General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy’s Institute of Military Science conducted a field survey of the Second World War field fortifications on Filaretų (Sapieginė) and Srovės streets (Belmontas) in Vilnius. About 5000 m2 were surveyed in Sapieginė Forest Park and 15 find spots were recorded. About 11200 m2 were surveyed in Belmontas Forest and 38 find spots were recorded. In March 1944, the German military administration declared Vilnius a so-called "fortified locality". By early March Vilnius was encircled by an exterior defensive line, i.e. a ring of field fortifications. In the night of 7 July 1944 the battle for Vilnius began. The city was first attacked by Polish Armia Krajowa (AK) units and in the afternoon USSR military forces approached the city and engaged the germans. The intense encounters lasted until 13 July when the remains of the German army’s Vilnius garrison broke through the surrounding ring and withdrew to the W. The 1944 battle in Vilnius has yet to be comprehensively investigated by historians. Very different data about the forces of the battling sides, the tactics they used, their roles in the battles, and the losses they experienced have been presented in various sources. Therefore archaeological finds attesting to the battles at that time in the approaches to Vilnius could be another, independent source of information that confirms or refutes certain hypotheses. Some of the field fortification elements of the Vilnius defensive ring, i.e. trenches and foxholes, have survived to this day. The ground’s surface at the fortified defensive point sites located in the area selected for the investigation was surveyed using a metal detector.When a find was discovered, the find spot was photographed and its precise (WGS) coordinates determined using a GPS device. Not only Second World War era finds, but also earlier and later finds were collected.