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Line 8: |caption = Soviet partisans in Belarus, 1943. |active = 1941–1945 |ideology = ''Various:''<br />[[Anti-fascism]]<br />Primary: * [[Marxism-Leninism]] * [[Stalinism]] Line 46: [[Image:Belorussian SSR in 1940 after annexation of eastern Poland.jpg|300px|thumb|Soviet map of the [[Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic|Byelorussian SSR]] made in 1940 after the 1939 [[Soviet invasion of Poland]] (marked in yellow). The size of the map nearly doubled. Soviet historiography states that this map constitutes Belarus during World War II, not [[Kresy|eastern Poland]]. ]] The '''Belarusian resistance''' during World War II opposed [[Nazi Germany]] from 1941 until 1944. Belarus was one of the Soviet republics occupied during [[Operation Barbarossa]]. The term '''Belarusian partisans''' may refer to Soviet-formed [[irregular military]] groups fighting Germany, but has also been used to refer to the disparate independent groups who also fought as guerrillas at the time, including Jewish groups (such as the [[Bielski partisans]] and [[Fareynikte Partizaner Organizatsye|Fareynikte Partizaner Organisatsye]]), Polish groups (such as the [[Home Army]]), and nationalist Belarusian forces opposed to Germany. == Pro-Soviet resistance == Line 152: === Partisan operations === *[[Vasiliy Korzh raid]], Autumn 1941 – March 23, 1942. 1000 *[[Battle of Briańsk forests]], May 1942. Partisan battle against the Nazi [[punitive expedition]] that included 5 infantry divisions, military police, 120 tanks and aviation. *[[The destruction of the German garrison in Lenin]], September 12, 1942. Line 190: The [[Polish resistance in World War II|Polish underground]] operated over the whole pre-war territory of Poland, including the [[Polish territories annexed by the Soviet Union]]. As non-communist Poles tended to consider the Soviets as occupiers even after the German invasion of the Soviet Union there was some conflict between Polish and Soviet partisans.{{citation needed|date=December 2012}} June 22, 1943, Central Committee of the Belarusian Communist Party received orders in Moscow to destroy the Home Army in Belarus. From then, the number of conflicts between Soviet and non-communist Polish partisans intensified. One Polish unit was arrested December 1, 1943, some Polish officers were executed, the commander major Wacław Pełka transported to Moscow.<ref>http://www.iwieniec.plewako.pl/AK/Iwieniecka%20AK.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> == Resistance fighters == Line 244: ==In popular culture== [[File:Парад в Минске 2019 04.jpg|thumb|Soldiers depicting Belarusian partisans during a parade in [[Minsk]] on the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of Belarus in 2019.]] The Belarusian partisans had a large impact on the [[culture of Belarus]]. Many partisans, such as [[Ales Adamovich]] and [[Vasil Bykaŭ]], later went on to become prolific writers as well as active members of the pro-independence [[Belarusian Popular Front]]. Pyotr Masherov, in his position as First Secretary of the [[Communist Party of Byelorussia]], also sought to increase public awareness of Belarusian partisan activities across the Soviet Union.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ioffe|first=Emmanuel|title=From Myasnikov to Malofeyev: the Rulers of the BSSR|year=2008|location=Minsk|pages= In the post-Soviet period, the partisan movement has been evoked both by the government of [[Alexander Lukashenko]] and the [[Belarusian opposition]]. Lukashenko has drawn comparisons between the opposition and Byelorussian collaborators, who also used pro-independence symbolism.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fletcher-Sandersjöö|first=Christopher|date=17 December 2021|title=How the Belarusian identity became subservient to Lukashenko|url=https://www.theperspective.se/how-the-belarusian-identity-became-subservient-to-lukashenko/|access-date=23 January 2022|website=The Perspective}}</ref> Likewise, the opposition has sought to compare themselves to the partisan movement while comparing pro-government forces to collaborators and German military forces. Most significantly has been the hacktivist group [[Cyber Partisans]], who took their name from the wartime partisans.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ciobanu|first=Claudia|date=26 October 2021|title=Belarusians in Poland reflect on ebb of anti-Lukashenko revolution|url=https://balkaninsight.com/2021/10/26/belarusians-in-poland-reflect-on-ebb-of-anti-lukashenko-revolution/|access-date=23 January 2022|website=[[Balkan Insight]]}}</ref> | |||