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  • Italian Resistance Movements during WWII

    The Italian resistance movement (Italian: Resistenza italiana or just Resistenza) comprised different ideological and political groups. Opposing the occupying German forces and the Italian Fascist puppet regime of the Italian Social Republic during the later years of the war they were known as the Italian resistance and Italian partisans. ===== Outline of the situation In 1943, the Allied ...

  • Resistance Movements during WWII

    This is the umbrella project for the wide range of Resistance Movements, Underground Organisations and Partisan Fighters during WWII that were active in almost every country though a variety of methods. >>===PLEASE ADD PROFILES TO THE RELEVANT PROJECTS LISTED BELOW===Should a suitable project not yet exist for your profiles you can create a new one. If you need help with starting another projec...

  • Belgian Resistance Movements during WWII

    During the war, it is estimated that approximately 5% of the national population were involved in some form of resistance activity. The persecution of Belgian Jews and conscription of Belgian civilians into forced labour programs increasingly turned patriotic Belgian civilians from liberal or Catholic backgrounds against the German regime and towards the resistance.Under German occupation, the ...

  • Greek Resistance Movements during WWII

    The Greek resistance movements were precipitated by the invasion and occupation of Greece from 1941-1944 by Nazi Germany and its allies Italy and Bulgaria. The movements, both communist and non-communist (EAM) battled the Axis occupiers in an effort, not only to save Greece, but also to save the Jews living there. ====Those involved risked their lives through many different and dangerous activi...