Partisan(s) or The Partisan(s) may refer to:

Military

Partisan (military) A partisan is a member of a domestic irregular military force formed to oppose control of an area by a foreign power or by an army of military occupation, occupation by some kind of insurgent activity. The term can apply to the field element of ...

, paramilitary forces engaged behind the front line **

Francs-tireurs et partisans The ''Francs-tireurs et partisans français'' (, FTPF), or commonly the ''Francs-tireurs et partisans'' (FTP), was an armed resistance organization created by leaders of the French Communist Party during World War II (1939–45). The communist ...

, communist-led French anti-fascist resistance against Nazi Germany during WWII **

Italian Partisans The Italian Resistance ( ), or simply ''La'' , consisted of all the Italian resistance groups who fought the occupying forces of Nazi Germany and the fascist collaborationists of the Italian Social Republic during the Second World War in Italy ...

, communist-led anti-fascist resistance against Nazi Germany and the Fascist Italian Social Republic during WWII **

Soviet Partisans Soviet partisans were members of Resistance during World War II, resistance movements that fought a Guerrilla warfare, guerrilla war against Axis powers, Axis forces during World War II in the Soviet Union, the previously Territories of Poland an ...

, communist-led anti-fascist resistance against Nazi Germany during WWII **

Yugoslav Partisans The Yugoslav Partisans,Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian language, Macedonian, and Slovene language, Slovene: , officially the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia sh-Latn-Cyrl, Narodnooslobodilačka vojska i partizanski odr ...

, communist-led anti-fascist resistance against Nazi Germany and the Independent State of Croatia during WWII ***

Slovene Partisans The Slovene Partisans, formally the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Slovenia, were part of Europe's most effective anti-Nazi resistance movement Jeffreys-Jones, R. (2013): ''In Spies We Trust: The Story of Western Intelligence ...

, communist-led anti-fascist resistance against Nazi Germany during WWII ***

Croatian Partisans The Croatian Partisans, officially the National Liberation Movement in Croatia (; NOP), were part of the anti-fascist National Liberational Movement in the Axis-occupied Yugoslavia which was the most effective anti-Nazi resistance movement. Jeff ...

, communist-led anti-fascist resistance against Nazi Germany and the Independent State of Croatia during WWII ***

Macedonian Partisans The Macedonian Partisans, officially the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Macedonia, was a communist and anti-fascist resistance movement formed in occupied Yugoslavia which was active in the World War II in Yugoslav Macedo ...

, communist-led anti-fascist resistance against Nazi Germany during WWII *

Partisan (weapon) A partisan (also known as a partizan), a type of polearm, was used in Europe during the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. It consisted of a spearhead mounted on a long wooden shaft, with protrusions on the sides which aided in parrying sword thru ...

, a polearm

Films

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Hell River ''Hell River'', also known as ''Partisans'' ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Partizani, separator=" / ", Партизани) and ''The Last Guerilla'', is a 1974 Yugoslav partisan film starring Rod Taylor as a Yugoslav raised in America who returns home to fight ...

'', a 1974 Yugoslavian film also known as ''Partisans'' * ''Partisan'' (film), a 2015 Australian film * ''The Partisan'' (film), a 2024 Polish–British film

Music

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The Partisan "The Partisan" is an anti-fascist anthem about the French Resistance in World War II. The song was composed in 1943 by Russian-born Anna Marly (1917–2006), with lyrics by French Resistance leader Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie (1900–1969), ...

", a World War II anti-fascist song, later popularized by Leonard Cohen *

Partisan Records Partisan Records is an independent record label with offices in London, Berlin, and Los Angeles, as well as in New York City, where the company was co-founded in 2007 by Tim Putnam and Ian Wheeler. The label, initially run out of Putnam's South B ...

, an American independent record label *

The Partisans (band) The Partisans are a Welsh punk rock band formed in Bridgend, South Wales, in early 1978, when all four members were in their early teens. They continued until 1984, having several hits on the UK Indie Chart. The band re-formed in the late 1990 ...

, a 1980s punk band *

New Partisans New Partisans was a short-lived mid-1980s movement on the Yugoslav rock scene. The term was used to denote albums by Sarajevo-based bands Bijelo Dugme, Plavi Orkestar and Merlin which were characterized by pop rock and power pop sound with element ...

, the mid-1980s movement on the Yugoslav rock scene

Other uses

Partisan (politics) A partisan is a committed member or supporter of a political party or political movement. In multi-party systems, the term is used for persons who strongly support their party's policies and are reluctant to compromise with political opponents ...

, a committed member of a political party *

Partisan game In combinatorial game theory, a game is partisan (sometimes partizan) if it is not impartial. That is, some moves are available to one player and not to the other, or the payoffs are not symmetric. Most games are partisan. For example, in chess, on ...

, where two players in a game analyzed by combinatorial game theory have different possible moves *

Partisans (architectural firm) PARTISANS is an internationally-recognized architecture firm known for its future-forward approach to design and technology, civic advocacy, and cultural engagement. Based in Toronto, Canada, the firm was founded in 2012 and operates under the l ...

, an architecture firm based in Toronto * ''Partisans'' (novel), a 1982 novel by Alistair MacLean * ''The Partisans'' (sculpture), in Boston * ''

Partisans 1941 ''Partisans 1941'' () is a real-time tactics video game developed by Alter Games and published by Daedalic Entertainment in 2020. Players control Soviet partisans fighting against invading German troops during World War II. Gameplay The game ...

'', a 2020 real-time tactics video game * ''Partisan'' (magazine), an online magazine publishing articles from particular factions of the Democratic Socialists of America.

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