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Slovak National Uprising

Slovak National Uprising
Part of World War II
Povstalecka kolona.jpg
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
Slovakia Slovak Republic

Czechoslovakia 1st Czechoslovak Army in Slovakia

Commanders and leaders
Nazi Germany Gottlob Berger
Nazi Germany Hermann Höfle
Slovakia Augustín Malár
Czechoslovakia Ján Golian 
Czechoslovakia 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
Slovakia Slovak Republic

Czechoslovakia 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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