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    The Slovak National Uprising (Slovak: Slovenské národné povstanie, abbreviated SNP) was a military uprising organized by the Slovak resistance movement...
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    the Slovak National Uprising (Slovak: Múzeum Slovenského národného povstania) is a museum in Banská Bystrica that commemorates the Slovak National Uprising...
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    The Slovak National Uprising Anniversary (Slovak: Výročie Slovenského národného povstania) is a public holiday celebrated annually in Slovakia on 29 August...
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  • with the war. On August 29, 1944, the Slovak National Uprising broke out after German troops invaded Slovakia. The German occupation troops resumed the...
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    The Slovak Uprising (of 1848/49) (Slovak: Slovenské povstanie), Slovak Volunteer Campaigns (Slovak: Slovenské dobrovoľnícke výpravy) or Slovak Revolt was...
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  • March 1939) Martin Sokol (14 March 1939 – April 1945) Presidium of the Slovak National Council (at that time Vavro Šrobár, Gustáv Husák, Ján Ursíny) (1 September...
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    activity of anti-Nazi Slovak partisans, Germany invaded Slovakia, triggering a major uprising. The Slovak Republic was abolished after the Soviet occupation...
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  • First Czechoslovak Army in Slovakia was an ad-hoc military formation formed by the insurgents of the Slovak National Uprising (August – October 1944) against...
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  • Slovak Uprising may refer to: Slovak Uprising 1848-1849, Slovak Volunteer Campaigns against Magyar (i.e. ethnic Hungarian) domination in Upper Hungary...
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    Most SNP ("Bridge of the Slovak National Uprising"), commonly referred to as Most Slovenského národného povstania or the UFO Bridge, and named Nový most...
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    Armored train Hurban (category Slovak National Uprising)
    II, during the Slovak National Uprising. The Hurban was constructed on September 25, 1944, in the Railway Manufactory in Zvolen, Slovakia, and was the last...
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    Slovakia and participated in the Slovak National Uprising in August–October 1944. The Slovak National Uprising, organized by Slovak military resistance, began...
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    Rudolf Viest (category Slovak National Uprising)
    Czechoslovak army during the Slovak National Uprising. He was the Slovak with the highest military function and the only Slovak general during the interwar...
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    Occupation of Czechoslovakia (1938–1945) (category 20th century in Slovakia)
    as part of Operation Margarethe. Slovakia would share the same fate, following the August 1944 Slovak National Uprising. The occupation ended with the surrender...
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  • Hlinka Guard Emergency Divisions (category Slovak National Uprising)
    (Slovak: Pohotovostné oddiely Hlinkovej gardy, POHG) were Slovak paramilitary formations set up to counter the August 1944 Slovak National Uprising. They...
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    Marder III (category CS1 Slovak-language sources (sk))
    1944, the army of the Slovak Republic received 18 Marder III Ausf. H. Four of them saw combat during the Slovak National Uprising. Two vehicles were used...
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    partisans. Slovak partisans mainly carried out acts of sabotage. Their largest anti-Nazi military engagement was the Slovak National Uprising in 1944, in...
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    the State Gallery (Slovak: Štátna Galéria) specialized in contemporary Slovak art. The Museum of the Slovak National Uprising (Slovak: Múzeum Slovenského...
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    The current form of the national flag of the Slovak Republic (Slovak: Vlajka Slovenskej republiky) was adopted by Slovakia's Constitution, which came into...
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    policies culminated in the Slovak National Uprising, itself triggered by the Nazi German occupation of the country. Although the uprising was eventually suppressed...
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    Czechoslovakia. In Slovak service it only saw combat during the Slovak National Uprising. The Tančík vz. 33 was assembled from a framework of steel "angle...
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  • in Europe Day 5 July – St. Cyril and Methodius Day 29 August - Slovak National Uprising Anniversary 1 September – Constitution Day 15 September – Our Lady...
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    an air regiment under Soviet Air Force command, supporting the Slovak National Uprising in 1944. He was dismissed from the Czechoslovak Air Force and was...
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  • Slovak National Uprising Square (Czech: náměstí Slovenského národního povstání, short form "náměstí SNP") is a public square in Ostrava, Czech Republic...
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  • desertion had reduced the pilots' effectiveness. Slovak air units took part in the Slovak National Uprising against Germany from late August 1944. During...
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    invaded Slovakia and triggered the Slovak National Uprising. Another 13,500 Jews were deported and hundreds to thousands were murdered in Slovakia by Einsatzgruppe...
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    Ján Golian (category Slovak National Uprising)
    during the Slovak National Uprising. He was born on 26 January 1906 in Dombóvár in today's territory of Hungary. His parents were native Slovaks who came...
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  • National holidays in Slovakia † - the date is acknowledged as a national holiday but is not a public holiday Remembrance days in Slovakia Public holidays...
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  • that Slovakia would separate from Hungary and called for a national Slovak uprising. A militia was formed in Vienna and marched into western Slovakia, where...
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    Panzer 38(t) (category CS1 Slovak-language sources (sk))
    Thirteen tanks of this type were used by Slovak insurgents during the Slovak National Uprising in 1944. The Slovak Army also used the LT-40, which was based...
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