Slovak National Uprising
photo: petrOlly / flickr / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 / https://www.flickr.com/photos/petrolly/42562894061/

Slovak National Uprising

Slovak National Uprising
photo: petrOlly / flickr / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 / https://www.flickr.com/photos/petrolly/42562894061/

The Slovak National Uprising (Slovak: Slovenské národné povstanie, abbreviated SNP) broke out on 29 August 1944 in Banská Bystrica. It was organised by Slovak resistance movement in order to stop the German occupion of Slovak territory and to overthrow the collaborationist government of Jozef Tiso.

 

Daria Czarnecka: The Slovak National Uprising
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