Partisan

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Partisan may refer to:

Contents 1 Political matters 2 Military 3 Music 4 Other uses 5 See also

[edit] Political matters

In politics, partisan literally means organized into political parties, the opposite of partisan being a nonpartisan. The expression "partisan politics" usually refers to fervent, sometimes militant support of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea. Although this is typically an appellation with negative connotations, some supporters embrace the term, as can be seen by the names of the following publications:

• Partizan Press, a United Kingdom publishing company
• Partisan Review, a United States political and literary quarterly
• Southern Partisan, a United States political magazine

[edit] Military

• Partisan (weapon), a pole weapon
• Partisan (military) - As a name for paramilitary forces engaged behind the front line during World War II
  • Belarusian partisans in World War II and after
  • Latvian partisans in World War II and after
  • Lithuanian partisans in World War II and after
  • Yugoslav partisans - main Yugoslav World War II resistance movement
  • Bulgarian partisans - a Bulgarian resistance movement during World War II
  • Albanian partisans, the Partisans of Albania during World War II
  • Soviet partisans, for the USSR in World War II
  • Jewish partisans, among the Jewish resistance movement in Nazi-occupied Europe
    • Bielski partisans, a Jewish resistance group during World War II
  • Italian partisans in World War II
  • Polish partisans (Polish resistance movement in World War II, Leśni) during World War II
  • Estonian partisans (Soviet partisans) during the World War 2 against Nazi-Germany
  • Estonian partisans after World War 2 against the Soviet Union
  • Armenian partisans, referring to Armenian guerrillas from World War I
  • Germany's World War II Werwolf movement
  • Germany's World War II Alpine National Redoubt

[edit] Music

• Po šumama i gorama, a Yugoslav Partisan version of the traditional song of Red Partisans in Siberia during 1918-1920 Russian Civil War
• Chant des Partisans, a French patriotic song from World War II
• The Partisan, a song written by Anna Marly and later covered by Leonard Cohen
• The Partisans, a 1980s punk and Oi! band

Partisan Groupe Rock français (Marseille) www.myspace.com/musicpartisan

[edit] Other uses

• Partisans (novel), a novel by Alistair MacLean about the Yugoslav partisans
• Partisan game, in combinatorial game theory

[edit] See also

• French resistance

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