The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was the first armed battle against the Germans, though far from the only one. Some type of armed resistance was found in most ghettos, and, as was the case in Warsaw ...

But there were some notable exceptions to the role, some brave Jews who did choose to fight back against Nazi tyranny instead of submitting meekly to the jackboots. Among them were the heroes of the ...

The rebellion against French control was ultimately succession and led to the creation of the nation of Haiti in 1804. On plantations, there were two types of resistance: Passive resistance ...

The Second World War saw the majority of Europe succumb to Nazi occupation. The brutal repression that followed triggered ...

in contrast to the clear trajectory of the 1969 uprising, which eventually led to the Liberation War in 1971. These uprisings, however, demonstrate commonalities in their resistance to ...