Slovak National Uprising

Slovak National Uprising
Part of World War II
Convoy of Slovak insurgent army vehicles near Kelemeš (today part of Prešov)
Date August 29 – October 28, 1944 Location Slovakia Result German and collaborator victory Ongoing partisan resistance
Belligerents
Germany Slovak Republic POHG	1st Czechoslovak Army in Slovakia Slovak Insurgent Air Force
Commanders and leaders
Gottlob Berger Hermann Höfle Augustín Malár	Ján Golian † Rudolf Viest †
Strength
40,000, later increased to 83,000	18,000 initially, later increased to 78,000
Casualties and losses
≈10,000	≈10,000 + 5,304 captured and executed

German and collaborator victory

 Germany
Slovak Republic

1st Czechoslovak Army in Slovakia

The Slovak National Uprising (Slovak: Slovenské národné povstanie, abbreviated SNP) or 1944 Uprising was an armed insurrection organized by the Slovak resistance movement during World War II. This resistance movement was represented mainly by the members of the Civic democratic movement, but also by representatives and members of the pre-war Social democrats and Communists albeit on a smaller scale. It was launched on 29 August 1944 from Banská Bystrica in an attempt to resist German troops that had occupied Slovak territory and to overthrow the collaborationist government of Jozef Tiso. Although the resistance was largely defeated by German forces, guerrilla operations continued until the Soviet Army, Czechoslovak Army and Romanian Army liberated Slovakia in 1945.

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