SNP

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SNP is the common abbreviation for the Slovak National Uprising, a major 1944 armed resistance movement against Nazi Germany and its collaborators in World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II resistance movement
armed resistance movement
uprising
abbreviation SNP
aim overthrow the pro-Nazi Slovak government
resist German occupation
restore Czechoslovakia
combatant Allied supporters
Czechoslovak partisans
Slovak resistance
Soviet partisans
commemoratedBy Slovak National Uprising Museum
Slovak National Uprising anniversary on 29 August
consequence continuation of guerrilla warfare in Slovak mountains
heavy civilian reprisals
country Slovakia
describedAs major 1944 armed resistance movement against Nazi Germany and its collaborators in World War II
endTime 1944-10
genre national liberation movement
hasLeader Ján Golian
Karol Šmidke
Rudolf Viest
Vavro Šrobár
hasPart Battle of Banská Bystrica
partisan warfare in central Slovakia
historicalPeriod 1940s
languageOfName Slovak
location Banská Bystrica
Slovakia
nativeLabel Slovenské národné povstanie
opponent German Wehrmacht
Hlinka Guard
Nazi Germany
SS
Slovak collaborationist regime
opposedBy Jozef Tiso regime
organizedBy Czechoslovak government-in-exile
Slovak National Council
partOf World War II
result German military victory
suppression of organized resistance by October 1944
significance important part of Czechoslovak wartime history
major symbol of Slovak anti-fascist resistance
startTime 1944-08-29
supportedBy Soviet Union
United Kingdom
United States

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Slovak National Uprising
abbreviation
Slovak National Uprising
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