Slovak National Uprising

Slovak National Uprising
Part of the Eastern Front of World War II
Convoy of Slovak resistance army vehicles near Kelemeš (today part of Prešov)
Date 29 August – 28 October 1944 Location Slovakia Result German and Hlinka Guard victory Continued partisan resistance
Belligerents
Germany Slovak Republic POHG	1st Czechoslovak Army in Slovakia Slovak Resistance Air Force Hungarian partisan forces
Commanders and leaders
Gottlob Berger Hermann Höfle Otomar Kubala	Ján Golian  Rudolf Viest
Strength
40,000 initially, later increased to 83,000	18,000 initially, later increased to 78,000
Casualties and losses
4,200 killed, 5,000 wounded, 300 captives	12,000 KIA and murdered in reprisals

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The Slovak National Uprising (Slovak: Slovenské národné povstanie, abbreviated SNP) was a military uprising organized by the Slovak resistance movement during World War II in central Slovakia. This resistance movement was represented mainly by members of the Democratic Party, social democrats, and communists. 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.^[1] Although the resistance was largely defeated by German forces, guerrilla operations continued until the Red Army, Czechoslovak Army and Romanian Army occupied the Slovak Republic in 1945.

In the post-war period, the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia presented the Uprising as an event initiated and governed by Communist forces.^[2] Some Slovak nationalists, on the other hand, claim that the uprising was a plot against the Slovak nation, as one of its main objectives was to oust the regime of the puppet Slovak state and reestablish Czechoslovakia. In fact, many factions fought in the uprising, the largest of which were units of the Slovak Army, Democratic resistance, Communist partisans, and international forces. Given this factionalization, the Uprising did not have unambiguous popular support. Yet the participants and supporters of the Uprising represented every religion, class, age, and anti-Nazi political faction of the Slovak nation.^[3][4]