Casualties of the Lithuanian wars of independence: an aspect of Lithuanian historiography

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ENTo our knowledge, there is no historiography of a critical verification of the data on the casualties in the Lithuanian Wars for Independence. Hence, the objective of this research is to investigate how and on what grounds the actual estimates of the numbers of casualties in the Lithuanians Wars of Independence have been made and to identify a causal link in historiography. We will apply methods of analysis, synthesis, and comparison for this purpose. To begin with, we will collect disparate data on the casualties contained in research literature and thereafter we will aggregate and download these data on block chains and bring them into accord. This article does not purport to give an answer to the question of how many, and moreover, in what ways combatants and civilians were killed, injured, or died during the Lithuanian Wars for Independence. Besides, this research represents a one-sided view, namely an analysis of the case of Lithuanian historiography. We do not seek to look beyond The Other Side of the Hill according to Basil Henry Liddell Hart, neither we follow ëHomeric impartialityí as formulated by Hannah Arendt when Homer decided to sing about the deeds of the Trojans no less than those of the Achaeans, and to praise the glory of Hector no less than the greatness of Achilles (Arendt 1995, 60). That is to say, this study does not examine the issues of the losses suffered by the enemies of Lithuanian armed forces as reflected in historiography. [Extract, p. 126]