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"Resistance movement" is a catch-all term for a group or collection of groups that seeks to oppose, either through violent or non-violent means, some entity the resistance deems oppressive. It may be a group that opposes an invading or occupying force, or it may oppose its own sovereign government. In popular culture, the single word Resistance, with a capital R, is often used to mean specifically the French struggle against Nazi occupation during World War II.

Resistance movement in Darkness[]

During the Derlavaian War, territory occupied by Algarvian armies occupied seethed with resistance movements.

In Valmiera, the Valmieran Resistance raided Algarvian installments in the southern part of the country, and compromised Algarve's ability to wage war against Kuusamo and Lagoas on their home island.

In Jelgava, the resistance was persecuted by King Mainardo's sadistic guards who had previously worked, and would work again later, for King Donalitu.

In Forthweg, the resistance battled Algarvian forces in Eoforwic before being crushed by Unkerlanters who feared the resistance would make Unkerlanter occupation of Forthweg difficult after the war ended.

In Grelz, an anti-Algarvian resistance attempted to sabotage Algarvian armies. It frequently battled anti-Swemmel Grelzers who supported the Algarvian-backed puppet Kingdom of Grelz under false King Raniero.

Resistance movement in "The Last Article"[]

Although Britain fell to Germany in 1941, resistance movements continued to dog the conquerors until 1947, when the last of the rebels were hunted down and hanged in Scotland.

Resistance movement in "The Last Word"[]

When it became clear that the United States was losing the Final War, the government set aside certain military personnel in hideouts such as the Nantahala Redoubt, to put up effective resistance against the Draka.

Resistance movement in The Man With the Iron Heart[]

The numerous resistance movements against the Nazis during World War II provided inspiration to the pro-Nazi German Freedom Front after the war ended.

Resistance movement in "The Phantom Tolbukhin"[]

Resistance movements continued to plague the Axis powers after they won World War II. Notable examples active in 1947, were Fedor Tolbukhin's Fourth Ukrainian Front against the Germans, and Mao Tse-Tung's Chinese Reds against the Japanese.

Resistance movement in Southern Victory[]

Resistance movements took place throughout the world in both the Great War and the Second Great War. These were movements in which members of assorted disaffected classes of the societies of combatant nations, usually with as much support as possible from their nations' enemies, rebelled against the countries they hated. Some of these campaigns were conventional military campaigns, some were paramilitary, and some were terroristic in nature.

In the Great War, resistance movements, including the Russian Revolution, the Red Rebellion in the Confederate States, and the uprising against the British in Ireland, mainly harmed the Entente, though the CS supported a Mormon uprising against the United States (a member of the Central Powers) in Utah.

In the Second Great War, resistance movements were much more common. The Mormons once again rose up against the US with Confederate support, as did the Canadians, with British support. The Mormons started using the tactics of "people bombing"- that is, attaching explosive to oneself, mingling with the enemy inconspicuously, and detonating the explosive- and car bombing. The US supported black people guerrillas in the CS as well as an uprising against Freedom Party rule in Cuba beginning in 1943. In Europe, the Central Powers backed resistance movements by the Irish (whose country had been reconquered by the British) and the Finns, the Jews, and some Poles against Russia. The Entente supported other, anti-German Poles, Ukrainians, and various ethnic minorities in the ethnically diverse Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Resistance movement in Worldwar[]

When the Race invaded Earth and occupied numerous countries, resistance movements sprang up in occupied territories. In China, the resistance united former enemies from within China, and even included some Japanese ex-occupiers. The Polish resistance included Jews who had fought for the Race until realizing that the "Lizards" intended to use them as a catspaw against the rest of humanity. Citizens of the United States had never had an experience of being occupied since the Civil War (when such was mainly limited to the southern states), so the concept of "bushwhacking" had to be revived from historical memory.

After the war ended with the Peace of Cairo, some humans in Race territory on Earth refused to give up. The Middle Eastern and Chinese variants continued fanatically opposing the Race in the mid 1960s. The Race-German War of 1965 added a new element to the game, when German vigilante squads hastily assembled to combat the intruding Lizards.

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