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Bookmark or Share- Soviet partisans - WikipediaSoviet partisans were members of resistance movements that fought a guerrilla war against Axis forces during World War II in the Soviet Union, the previously Soviet-occupied territories of interwar Poland in 1941–45 and eastern Finland. The activity emerged after Nazi Germany 's Operation Barbarossa was launched from mid-1941 on.
- Armed Jewish Resistance: Partisans | Holocaust EncyclopediaArmed Jewish Resistance: Partisans | Holocaust Encyclopedia. Despite great obstacles, Jews throughout occupied Europe attempted armed resistance against the Germans and their Axis partners.
- Partisan (military) - WikipediaA partisan is a member of an irregular military force formed to oppose control of an area by a foreign power or by an army of occupation by some kind of insurgent activity. The term can apply to the field element of resistance movements.
- Anti-Soviet Partisans in Eastern Europe - The National WWII MuseumAs Soviet troops moved cautiously through the woods, Lithuanian partisans, organized into the so-called Iron Wolf Regiment, rushed to conceal their valuables, including a printing press for producing anti-Soviet literature. Abandoning their log bunkers, the partisans dispersed into the forest.
- “All Those Who Fight for Freedom": Resisting the Germans before D-DayIn 1943, these partisans certainly heard the news about the stunning defeats suffered by the Axis powers: Stalingrad, North Africa, Kursk, Sicily, and Mussolini’s downfall. Yet the Allied invasion of France was not imminent, and they confronted an absolutely ruthless foe in the Nazi regime.
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