Talk:Resistance during World War II

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[edit] Intro and oddity

The intro is exactly the same as the resistance section in the WWII article (well, not any more - I added one line there but not here). Which will look rather cheap to someone who links from there to here. I almost deleted the intro, but then realised this is the original and I don't want to step on DNA webmaster's toes :) .

By the way, I noticed an odd thing. yesterday I did an edit here (alphabetised the list) and now I see that edit is not in mentioned in the history listing. But the edits did 'stick' (so to say). Strange .... DirkvdM 19:52, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

  • I know, I know, I know... .) I started the article because it was requested in the peer review of the WW2 main page, and I hoped people would literally rush their legs off adding onto it. But you are the only one who has done ANYTHING...I myself would have written more if I felt I had deeper knowledge. Hopefully folks will continue the article, since I agree with the peer review that it really should exist. Don't worry about my toes, they are rather small...but thanks for not deleting it (for the common sake). My regards, Dennis Nilsson. Dna-Dennis 03:16, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Communist resistance

I am shocked. There is no article on the Communist resistance yet? I don't know enough about it to write the article, but I do know enough to know that this is an outrage. Considering the size Wikipedia has reached by now, with artiocles on the most minute irrelevant trivia that's unforgivable. To ignore what I believe was the biggest resistance organisation during the biggest war. I've seen some anti-communist bias in Wikipedia, but this is like ignoring its existance. Might the reaon be that any article on that would have to lie too much not to reflect too positively on Communism? :)

Well, I've got that out of my system now. Now I can go to bed. No, better watch some Cheers episodes first to get me back into a good mood. :) DirkvdM 20:11, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Professional Resistance

Could someone explain what professional resistance is?

[edit] Thanks for your contribution, DirkvdM!

Thank you very much for your contribution, DirkvdM! I took the liberty of fixing/reformulating some minor things. And the Dutch focus you mentioned was absolutely minimal; god damn it - we have to start from somewhere! Thanks again! My regards, Dennis Nilsson. Dna-Dennis 03:46, 25 November 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Verlaine's Poem

The article about the Battle of Normandy is contradicting the information in this article. It says:

One famous pair of these messages is often mistakenly stated to be a general call to arms by the Resistance. A few days before D-Day, the first line of Verlaine's poem, "Chanson d'Automne", was transmitted. "Les sanglots longs des violons de l'automne" [4] (Long sobs of autumn violins) alerted resistants in the Orléans region to attack rail targets within the next few days. The second line, "Bercent mon coeur d'une langueur monotone" (wound my heart with a monotonous langour), transmitted late on June 5, meant that the attack was to be mounted immediately.

The German intelligence service (the Abwehr) had discovered the meaning of this particular pair of messages. They rightly interpreted them to mean that invasion was imminent or underway. On hearing the second part, they alerted their superiors, and all Army commanders in France. Unfortunately for them, they had issued a similar warning a month before, when the Allies had begun invasion preparations and alerted the Resistance, but then stood down because of a forecast of bad weather. The Abwehr having given this false alarm, their genuine alarm was ignored or treated as merely routine.

Which is right?

There is a website Ici Londres that has recordings of the messages, which discusses which version of the poem were used in the broadcasting.Nikolaj Winther 07:13, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Are Nazi and communist ideologies very similar?

Maybe some of their methods of political power management are similar. Could you document their ideological similarity?

Both are ideologies promoting totalitarian socialism and government controlled economy. Successful economical, military and know-how training (soviets provided training for Nazis in concentration camp building and other sinister things). Pre-1941 cooperation between communist USSR and Nazi germany just confirms this. Quote from Hitler: "There is more that binds us to Bolshevism than separates us from it. There is, above all, genuine, revolutionary feeling, which is alive everywhere in Russia except where there are Jewish Marxists. I have always made allowance for this circumstance, and given orders that former Communists are to be admitted to the party at once. The petit bourgeois Social-Democrat and the trade-union boss will never make a National Socialist, but the Communists always will." Sigitas 15:15, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Austrian resistance movement

According to the Moscow declaration http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Declaration and because most of the Austrian resistance groups wanted a free Austrian state (see O5), the Austrian resistance movement is not part of the German resistance movement – otherwise you would have to define the Czech resistance movement also as a German resistance movement, which is absurd. 18.07.2007, mv

[edit] first armed resistance unit

This article seems to be saying that resistance began in Yugoslavia - "This first WW2 armed resistance unit in occupied Europe was formed on June 22, 1941 [...]"

But according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_resistance_movement_in_World_War_II armed resistance in Poland began amost immediately.

e.g. Leśni - began partisan operations in 1939 Narodowa Organizacja Wojskowa - created 1939 Bataliony Chłopskie - created in 1940

and this list probably isn't complete. so how is the Yugoslav resistance the first??

217.75.131.195 (talk) 08:37, 6 December 2007 (UTC)zbychu

Polish resistance begun as early as in September 1939 (see for example Służba Zwycięstwu Polski) and was certainly the first (in Europe; leaving China and arguments "WWII begun before 1939" aside). It was also the largest in the world (see Armia Krajowa for details.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 01:51, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
Here's the thing: while the Poles were certainly the first to resist the Germans, they didn't form actual military units (such as brigades). The Polish resistance operated in the early years of the war as a collection of individuals, not as a military organization. This is why the 1st Partisan Brigade should be mentioned in that context. --DIREKTOR (TALK) 14:15, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
While the AK started their operation to recreate pre-war Polish Army in 1943, as a military organization it traces its origins to Związek Walki Zbrojnej and mentioned SZP, both from 1939. Scores of resistance groups were created in 1939/1940, before being merged into ZWZ; some of them might have used military names. Groups of leśni operated all the times. Consider also the case of Henryk Dobrzański and his unit.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 17:12, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
Yes I'm aware of WW2 history, far from downplaying the heroism of the Polish resistance, the organization didn't form real military units until 1943. Like you said, they were groups of people with a certain hierarchy of command, but this is far from an actual military formation. It takes more than a name to create a unit. The Partisans' organization can be compared to that of the AK two years early. With full-scale detachments, brigades, divisions, hospitals, supply trains, and even artillery brigades within several months of the start of the occupation. I realize this part of the war is somewhat obscure, but you can find info on all of this here [1], should you want to look it up. --DIREKTOR (TALK) 21:18, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
Perhaps the best thing to do would be to find a reliable citation for specific things they were the first at. Certainly what you describe above sounds impressive. PS. Another early Polish partisan unit: Jędrusie. I need to translate more from pl:Kategoria:Polskie oddziały partyzanckie.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 04:36, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
Sure, I'll do my best. --DIREKTOR (TALK) 08:25, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
For the record, I have created Category:Units and formations of Polish resistance during World War II. We could use a parent cat along the lines of Category:Resistance units and formations during World War II - currently we have nothing smaller than Category:Irregular units and formations for most countries and periods.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 04:20, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] famous resistance operations in 1944

Where is the mention about Slovak national uprising in 1944? Are 78 000 fighting men not enough? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zemetras1944 (talk • contribs) 10:34, 2 June 2008 (UTC)