Resistance movement
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[edit] 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 Rising 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 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 Chechens, 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.
[edit] Resistance Movements in the Darkness Series
During the Derlavaian War, territory occupied by Algarvian armies occupied seethed with resistance movements.
In Valmiera, the Valmieran Resistance raided Algarvian installments in southwestern Derlavai and compromised Algarve's ability to wage war against Kuusamo and Lagoas on their home island.
In Jelgava, the resistance was persecuted by 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 King Raniero.
