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Political matters
In politics,
partisan literally means organized into
political partiesA political party is a political organization that seeks to attain and maintain political power within government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns...
, the opposite of partisan being a
nonpartisanIn political science, nonpartisan denotes an election, event or organization in which the participants do not declare or do not formally have a political party affiliation....
. The expression "
partisan politicsIn politics, a partisan is a committed member of a party.In multi-party systems, the term is widely understood to carry a negative connotation - referring to those who wholly support their party's policies and are perhaps even reluctant to acknowledge correctness on the part of their political...
" 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
Partizan Press is the UK company that published Valkyrie Quarterly magazine. They are an arm of Caliver Books, a major UK games retailer, but has a historical focus...
, a United Kingdom publishing company
- Partisan Review
Partisan Review was an American political and literary quarterly published from 1934 to 2003, though it suspended publication between October 1936 and December 1937.-Overview:It was founded by William Phillips, Philip Rahv, and Sender Garlin...
, a United States political and literary quarterly
- Southern Partisan
Southern Partisan is a political magazine published in the United States founded in 1979 that focuses on its Southern region and those states that were formerly members of the Confederate States of America. Its first editor was Thomas Fleming...
, a United States political magazine
Military
- Partisan (military)
A partisan is a member of an irregular military force formed to oppose control of an area by a foreign power or by an army of occupation. The term can apply to the field element of resistance movements that opposed German rule in several countries during World War II .- History :As early as the...
- As a name for paramilitary forces engaged behind the front line during World War II
- Belarusian partisans
Belarusian partisans were fighters in irregular military groups participating in the Belarusian resistance movement, including against Nazi Germany and collaborationism during World War II.- World War II :...
in World War II and after
- Latvian partisans
Latvian partisans were fighters in irregular military groups participating in the Latvian resistance movement, including against Nazi Germany and collaborationism during World War II.- Latvian War of Independence :...
in World War II and after
- Lithuanian partisans
The Lithuanian partisans can refer to various irregular military units in different historical periods active in Lithuania against foreign invaders and occupiers:...
in World War II and after
- Yugoslav Partisans - main Yugoslav World War II resistance movement
- Bulgarian resistance movement during World War II
The Bulgarian resistance movement was part of the Resistance during World War II. It consisted of armed and unarmed actions of resistance groups against the Wehrmacht forces in Bulgaria and Bulgarian's authorities. It was mainly, but not only, Communist and pro-Soviet...
- a Bulgarian resistance movement during World War II
- Albanian Partisans
-Beginning of the Communist movement:Faced with an illiterate, agrarian, and mostly Muslim society monitored by Zog's security police, Albania's communist movement attracted few adherents in the interwar period. In fact, the country had no fully fledged communist party before World War II...
, the Partisans of Albania during World War II
- Macedonian paramilitary resistance movement during the World War II
- Soviet partisans
The Soviet partisans were members of a resistance movement which fought a guerrilla war against the Axis occupation of the Soviet Union during the Second World War....
, for the USSR in World War II
- Jewish partisans
Jewish partisans were fighters in irregular military groups participating in the Jewish resistance movement against Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II....
, among the Jewish resistance movement in Nazi-occupied Europe
- The Bielski partisans
The Bielski partisans was an organisation of Jewish partisans who rescued Jews from extermination and fought against the Nazi German occupiers and their collaborators in the vicinity of Nowogródek and Lida in German-occupied Poland .Under their protection, 1,213 Jews survived the war, making it...
, a Jewish resistance group during World War II
- Italian partisans
The Italian resistance movement was a partisan force during World War II.-Origins of the movement:After Italy's armistice on 8 September 1943, the Italian resistance movement became massive...
in World War II
- Polish partisans
Leśni is one of the informal names applied to the partisan groups operating in occupied Poland during the World War II. The groups were formed mostly by people who for various reasons could not operate from settlements they lived in and had to retreat to the forests...
(Polish resistance movement in World War IIThe Polish resistance movement fought against the occupation of Poland during World War II. The fight against the Nazi occupation of Poland was an important part of the European anti-fascist resistance movement and had the largest partisan army in occupied Europe...
, Leśni) during World War II
- Estonian partisans (Soviet partisans)
The Estonian partisans were the Estonian partisans who waged guerrilla warfare against Nazi during the occupation of Estonia during the World War II. Similar anti-Nazi resistance groups fought against the Nazi rule in Belarus, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Soviet Union, and Yugoslavia. The Wehrmacht...
during the World War 2 against Nazi-Germany
- Estonian partisans
The Forest Brothers were Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian partisans who waged guerrilla warfare against Soviet rule during the Soviet invasion and occupation of the three Baltic states during, and after, World War II...
after World War 2 against the Soviet Union
- Armenian partisans
Armenian irregular units, also known as are Armenian guerrillas who leave their families to form brigades. The Armenian fighters were volunteers who are literally "one who is ready to sacrifice his life" for his people)...
, referring to Armenian guerrillas from World War I
- Germany's World War II Werwolf
Werwolf was the name given to a last-ditch Nazi plan, developed during the closing months of the Second World War, to create a German commando force which would operate behind enemy lines as the Allies advanced through Germany itself...
movement
- Germany's World War II Alpine National Redoubt
A national redoubt is a general term for an area to which the forces of a nation can be withdrawn if the main battle has been lost—or even beforehand if defeat is considered inevitable...
Music
- Po šumama i gorama
Po šumama i gorama is a partisan anthem, it is a Yugoslav Partisan version of the traditional song of Red Partisans in Siberia during 1917-1923 Russian Civil War.-Lyrics:...
, a Yugoslav Partisan version of the traditional song of Red Partisans in Siberia during 1918-1920 Russian Civil WarThe Russian Civil War was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed and the Soviets under the domination of the Bolshevik party assumed power, first in Petrograd The Russian Civil War (1917–1923) was a multi-party war that...
- Chant des Partisans
The Chant des Partisans was the most popular song of the Free French during World War II.The piece was written and put to melody in London in 1943 after Anna Marly heard a Russian song that provided her with inspiration. Joseph Kessel and Maurice Druon wrote the French lyrics...
, a song dfvfdvfvdfv
Sports
- FK Partizan
Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia...
- Serbian football club
- KK Partizan
Košarkaški klub Partizan is a Serbian professional basketball club. It is part of the multi-sports Belgrade-based sport club Partizan. The club competes in the Serbian League, Adriatic League and the Euroleague.-History:KK Partizan is the most successful basketball club in Serbia...
- Serbian basketball club
- KF Partizani Tirana
Futboll Klub Partizani is a Albanian football club, playing in the capital, Tirana, and founded in 1946. Their first participation in the Albanian National Championship was in 1947.- History :...
- Albanian football club
- B.C. Partizani Tirana
B.C. Partizani Tirana is a basketball team that play in the Albanian A-1 League. It is the most successful club in the Albanian Basketball history with 33 championship titles won.-League achievements:...
- Albanian basketball club
Other uses
- partisan (weapon)
A partisan is a type of polearm that was used in Europe during medieval times. It consisted of a spearhead mounted on a long shaft with protrusions on the sides, which aided in the user in parrying sword thrusts...
, a pole weapon
- Partisans (novel)
Partisans is a novel by Scottish author Alistair MacLean, first published in 1982. MacLean reverted to the theme of World War II, with which he was successful and highly popular in his early career...
, a novel by Alistair MacLean about the Yugoslav partisans
- Partisan game
In combinatorial game theory, a game is partisan or partizan if it is not impartial. That is, some moves are available to one player and not to the other.Most games are partisan; for example in chess, only one player can move the white pieces....
, in combinatorial game theory