Collection:
Mokslo publikacijos / Scientific publications
Document Type:
Knyga / Book
Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
Violent resistance: from the Baltics to Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe, 1944-1956
Publication Data:
Paderborn : Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh, 2020.
Contents:
Foreword — Overview of Maps included in the Volume — 1. Introduction / David Schriffl — 2. Understanding Resistance Movements as AsymmetricWarfare: Lessons for Today / Keith D. Dickson — 3. The Armed Anti-Soviet Resistance in Estonia after 1944 / Olaf Mertelsmann — 4. A History of the Lithuanian Partisan Underground State (1944-1953) / Vykintas Vaitkevičius — 5. Seeking a Path to Independence: Belarusian Anti-Soviet Activity from 1944-1953 / Aleksandra Pomiecko — 6. Armed Anti-Communist Resistance in Poland, 1944-1956 / Rafal Wnuk — 7. Between Ideology and War Reality: Forming the Relations and Principles of Co-existence between the UPA and Red Army from Spring to Autumn 1944 / Olesia Isaiuk — 8. The Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists as the Leader of a Unique Fascist Armed Resistance / Alexander Statiev; 9. The Volhynian Czechs against Communism: An Example of Anti-communist Resistance in Czechoslovakia / Adam Zitek — 10. Armed Anti-communist Resistance in Slovakia in the Postwar Years, 1948-1953. The Cases of Augustin Lednicky and Jan Resetko / Beata Katrebova Blehova — 11. The Anti-communist Resistance in Czechoslovakia in a Pedagogical Perspective / Karina Horem, Vojtech Ripka — 12. From Non-violent Resistance to Uprising by Force: The Case of Hungary 1945-1956 / Michael Gehler, Ibolya Murber — 13. The Armed Anti-communist Resistance in North-Western Romania. Causes, Evolution, Consequences, and the Role of Families and Local Communities / Cosmin Budeanca —14. Spectres of Fascism: Anti-communist Resistance and the Legacy of the Legion of the Archangel Michael in 1940s Romania / Roland Clark — 15. Women in the Armed Anti-communist Romanian Resistance, between Loyalty, Support and Betrayal. Case Studies: The Banat and Nucsoara Areas / loana Ursu — 16. Communist Action, the Perception by the Serbian Urban Elite and Anti-communist Resistance in Serbia / Dejan N. Zec — 17. Tito’s Chetnik Hunters: The Dynamics of Asymmetric Warfare in Yugoslavia / Stevan Bozanich — 18. The Goryani Movement against the Communist Regime in Bulgaria (1944-1956): Prerequisites, Resistance, Consequences / Valentin Voskresenski — 19. Armed Albanian Resistance to the Hoxha Regime in Albania 1948-1953 / Marenglen Kasmi — Index.
Summary / Abstract:
ENThe end of the Second World war did not mean the end of violence for many regions in Eastern Europe. The establishment of Communist-led governments often met not only civil but also armed resistance. These actions were taken by partisan groups and paramilitary forces which in some cases had been formed already during the war to support axis forces. In other cases – like Poland’s Armia Krajowa – they fought Nazi and Soviet occupiers with the same fervour. The aims of the fighters were the end of Communist rule and – like in the Baltic region – independence from the Soviet Union. Difficulties in accessing sources and research taboos as well as a focus on other aspects of the Cold War are reasons why violent resistance in Europe after the Second World War is a topic yet rather underestimated and comparably little investigated by historiography. This book gives a comprehensive first overview of the ultimately futile attempts to end the rule of Moscow and her proxies.
DOI:
10.30965/9783657703043
ISBN:
9783506703040; 9783657703043
Permalink:
https://www.lituanistika.lt/content/117014
Updated:
2025-08-19 14:20:54
