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Also known as guerrilla fighter, guerrilla

member of a guerrilla movement

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A partisan is a member of an armed group that fights against an occupying force or invading army, typically operating in small units using surprise attacks and unconventional tactics rather than traditional warfare. These fighters matter historically because they played significant roles in resistance movements, particularly during World War II, and their tactics influenced how military conflicts have been understood and fought since then.

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Italian partisan battalion in the liberated town of Pula, 8th of May 1945

Simone Segouin, a French partisan credited with capturing 25 German soldiers in the Chartres area, poses with an MP 40 submachine gun, 23 August 1944

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “partisan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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