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Resistance during World War II occurred in every occupied country by a variety of means like guerilla warfare, sabotage, propaganda, disinformation, hiding refugees and aiding the other side (like helping stranded pilots).
Many countries had resistance movements dedicated to fighting the Axis invaders. Germany itself also had an anti-Nazi resistance movement. Although mainland Britain did not suffer invasion in World War II, the British made preparations for a British resistance movement in the event of a German invasion.
Resistance movements
- Auxiliary Units, organized by Colonel Colin Gubbins as a potential British resistance movement against * Albanian resistance movement
- Czech Resistance movement
- Danish resistance movement in World War II
- Dutch resistance movement in World War II
- German resistance movements in World War II:
- The White Rose
- The Red Orchestra, which included the only American executed by the Nazis for belonging to an anti-Nazi organization.
- Greek resistance movement -- opposed German and Italian occupying forces in World War II
- Italian resistance movement in World War II
- Lithuanian, Latvian, and Estonian ("Forest brothers") resistance movements during the Soviet invasion and occupation of the Baltic countries (continued after the end of WWII).
- Polish resistance movements:
- Armia Krajowa (the Home Army), Polish underground army in World War II (400 000 sworn members)
- Gwardia Ludowa (the Peoples' Guard) and Armia Ludowa (the Peoples' Army)
- Żydowska Organizacja Bojowa (ZOB, the Jewish Fighting Organisation), Jewish resistance movement that led the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943
- Zydowski Zwiazek Walki (ZZW, the Jewish Fighting Union), Jewish resistance movement that led the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943
- French resistance movement in World War II, including the Maquis
- Norwegian resistance movement in World War II
- Yugoslav resistance movements:
- People's Liberation Army – the partisans
- Yugoslav Royal Army in the Fatherland aka Chetniks
- Philippine resistance movement -- the anti-Japanese phase of the Huk movement
- Slovak resistance movement
- Romanian anti-communist resistance movement - during the Soviet occupation of Romania (continued after the end of WWII).
- Soviet resistance movement of underground and partisan operatives, which had Moscow-organized and spontaneously formed cells opposing Fascism
a possible successful invasion of the British Isles by Nazi forces.
- Ukrainian Insurgent Army - fought the Poles, the Germans and the Soviets.
Notable individuals
See also
- Quotes about resistance
- Special Operations Executive
- Polish Secret State
- Edmund Charaszkiewicz
- Collaboration (the opposite of resistance)
- Covert cell
- List of guerrillas