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 ...

The charismatic Métis leader had spent years in exile in the United States for heading the 1869-70 Red River Resistance. The Red River uprising had won many rights for Manitoba residents.

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 ...

a smaller-scale uprising that flared up on January 18, 1943, and (2) a longer-term and higher-intensity resistance action from April 19—May 16, 1943. The objective was to oppose Nazi Germany’s ...

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