The army Tito led to victory, composed of Communist guerillas drawn from a wide spectrum of Balkan ethnic groups, but dominated by Serbs and Montenegrins.
Popular name for resistance forces led by Josip Broz Tito during World War II. In December 1941, adopted formal name People's Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments.
Underground fighters against the Nazi regime, generally operating from Russia, Poland, and Lithuania.
Groups of independent fighters who lived in the woods or other remote areas and harassed the German Army or the SS in an effort to disrupt their actions.
irregular troops that are engaged in guerrilla warfare and are often behind enemy lines. During World War II this term was applied to resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied countries.
Irregular forces which use guerrilla tactics when operating in enemy-occupied territory. During the Holocaust, partisans operated secretly in their efforts to assist Jews and others persecuted by the Nazis.
During World War II, this term referred to resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied Europe. They were irregular military troops engaged in guerrilla warfare behind the enemy lines. Jews were not accepted in all these units. In rare cases such as the Bielski Brigade, Jews formed their own units.
Jews that escaped Ghettos and formed fighting units and camps
Underground freedom fighters
The Yugoslav Partisans were the main resistance movement engaged in the fight against the Axis forces in the Balkans during World War II, the Yugoslav People's Liberation War.