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Slovak National Uprising
Part of World War II

Convoy of Slovak insurgent army vehicles near Keleme? (today part of Pre?ov)

DateAugust 29, 1944 ? October 28, 1944
LocationSlovakia
ResultGerman and collaborator victory

Ongoing partisan resistance


Belligerents
 Germany
Slovak Republic

POHG
1st Czechoslovak Army in Slovakia


Slovak Insurgent Air Force

Commanders and leaders
Gottlob Berger
Hermann Hofle
Augustin Malar Jan Golian †
Rudolf Viest †
Strength
40,000, later increased to 83,00018,000 initially, later increased to 78,000
Casualties and losses
?10,000?10,000 + 5,304 captured and executed

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The Slovak National Uprising (Slovak: Slovenske narodne povstanie, abbreviated SNP) or 1944 Uprising was an armed insurrection organized by the Slovak resistance movement during World War II. It was launched on 29 August 1944 from Banska Bystrica in an attempt to overthrow the collaborationist Slovak State of Jozef Tiso. Although the rebel forces were defeated by Nazi Germany, guerrilla warfare continued until the Soviet Army occupied Slovakia in 1945.

In the post-war period, many political entities attempted to "hijack" the uprising to their credit. The Stalinist regime in Czechoslovakia presented the Uprising as an event initiated and governed by Communist forces.[1] Slovak ultranationalists, 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 which Slovaks were dominated by Czechs. In fact, many factions fought in the uprising, including large rebel units of the Slovak Army, nationalist and 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.[2][3]
Contents

1 Preliminaries

2 Forces

3 Course of the uprising

3.1 Uprising begins

3.2 Momentum lost

3.3 Counteroffensive

3.4 Aftermath


4 See also

5 References

6 External links


Preliminaries

Edvard Bene?, leader of the Czechoslovak government in exile in London, initiated the preparations for a possible revolt in 1943, when he made first contacts with the dissident elements of the Slovak Army. In December 1943, various groups that would be involved with the uprising?the government in exile, Czechoslovak democrats and Communists, and the Slovak army?formed the underground Slovak National Council, and signed the so-called Christmas Treaty, a joint declaration to recognize Bene?'s authority and to recreate Czechoslovakia after the war.