Partisan

Partisan may refer to:

Political matters

• Partisan (political) In politics, partisan literally means organized into political parties. 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

Military

• Partisan (weapon), a pole weapon
• Partisan (military) - As a name for paramilitary forces engaged behind the front line
  • Yugoslav Partisans - in World War II and after
  • Leśni (Polish resistance movement) - in World War II
  • Slovak partisans - in Slovak National Uprising, an armed insurrection during World War II
  • Greek Resistance - in World War II and after
  • Soviet partisans - for the USSR in 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
  • Bulgarian resistance movement during World War II - a Bulgarian resistance movement during World War II
  • Albanian Resistance of World War II - the Partisans of Albania during 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 resistance movement - in World War II
  • Soviet partisans in Estonia - during World War II against Nazi-Germany
  • Forest Brothers - after World War II against the Soviet Union
  • Armenian irregular units - referring to Armenian guerrillas from World War I
  • Germany's World War II Werwolf movement
  • Germany's planned World War II Alpine National redoubt

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 both Leonard Cohen and 16 Horsepower
• The Partisans, a 1980s punk and Oi! band
• Partisan, a rock indie band from Glasgow
• Partisan, a Drum'n'Bass record label around in the late 1990s
• Partisans, a London Based Contemporary Jazz Band signed to Babel Records

Other uses

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

See also

• French resistance