Resistance during World War II
During World War II, resistance movements operated in German-occupied Europe by a variety of means, ranging from non-cooperation to propaganda, hiding crashed pilots and even to outright warfare and the recapturing of towns. In many countries, resistance movements were sometimes also referred to as The Underground.
The first partisan of World War II Hubal and his unit in Poland in winter 1939
A 1941 Soviet poster, inviting disruption of the enemy rear and active resistance at the German-occupied territories
Belorussia, 1943. A Jewish partisan group of the Chkalov Brigade.
Italy, 1943. Italian partisans celebrating the liberation of Naples.
A resistance movement is an organized group of people that tries to resist the government or an occupying power, causing disruption and unrest in civil order and stability. Such a movement may seek to achieve its goals through either the use of violent or nonviolent resistance, or the use of force, whether armed or unarmed. In many cases, as for example in the United States during the American Revolution, or in Norway in the Second World War, a resistance movement may employ both violent and non-violent methods, usually operating under different organizations and acting in different phases or geographical areas within a country.
Members of the Norwegian resistance movement Milorg, engaged in supply raids, espionage as well as the sabotage of German heavy water production during WW2
A group of Afghan mujahideen, who were considered to be freedom fighters by Western nations, October 1987
Mugshot of Ants "the Terrible" Kaljurand, a famous Estonian freedom fighter and Nazi collaborator
Ottoman Mamluk lancers, early 16th century
