Soviet partisans

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Soviet partisans were irregular resistance fighters organized by the Soviet Union during World War II to conduct guerrilla warfare, sabotage, and intelligence operations behind Axis lines in occupied territories.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf guerrilla force
paramilitary organization
resistance movement
activeIn Baltic states
Belarus
Czechoslovakia
Finland
German-occupied Soviet territories
Poland
Russia
Ukraine
allegedToHaveCommitted reprisals against suspected collaborators
violence against civilians in some regions
committed attacks on German garrisons
attacks on bridges
attacks on communication lines
attacks on railways
conflict World War II
coordinatedBy Central Headquarters of the Partisan Movement
country Soviet Union
endDate 1945
estimatedStrength hundreds of thousands of fighters
ideology Soviet patriotism
communism
language Belarusian
Russian
Ukrainian
other local languages
memorializedBy Soviet literature
Soviet war films
monuments in former Soviet republics
notableCommander Alexey Fedorov NERFINISHED
Dmitry Medvedev
Panteleimon Ponomarenko NERFINISHED
Sydir Kovpak
Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya
objective disrupt Axis supply lines
support Red Army operations
undermine occupation authorities
opposedTo Axis powers
Nazi Germany
organizedBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union
partOf Soviet resistance during World War II
received air-dropped supplies
recognizedAs heroes of the Great Patriotic War in Soviet historiography
recruitedFrom Communist Party members
Red Army soldiers behind enemy lines
local civilians
startDate 1941
subordinateTo Soviet High Command
supportedBy NKVD
Red Army
Soviet Air Force
timePeriod 1941–1945
usedTactic ambushes
assassination of collaborators
guerrilla warfare
hit-and-run attacks
intelligence gathering
railway sabotage
sabotage
usedWeapon captured German equipment
explosives
small arms


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