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MayReasonRule

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13. Historically Some Things Are 'Done In The Shadows' - 'Underground Resistance' Fought Nazis Surreptitiously
Fri Oct 17, 2025, 01:35 PM
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Espionage: Resistance fighters gathered critical intelligence about German troop movements, fortifications, and military plans, relaying this information to Allied forces, often using clandestine radios and coded messages.

Sabotage: Covert actions aimed to disrupt the German war machine. This involved blowing up railway lines, bridges, and munitions dumps; damaging factories and industrial machinery; and cutting communication lines, especially leading up to key events like D-Day.

Assassinations: In some cases, resistance groups carried out targeted killings of German personnel and local collaborators. This was a dangerous tactic that often resulted in brutal Nazi reprisals against innocent civilians.

Underground Press and Propaganda: Secret networks produced and distributed illegal newspapers and pamphlets to counter Nazi propaganda, boost morale, and spread the truth about the war and the Holocaust.

Hiding and Escape Networks: A major "in the shadows" effort involved creating safe houses and escape lines to hide Jews, downed Allied airmen, and escaped prisoners of war, providing them with forged documents and ration coupons.

Guerrilla Warfare: In rural areas, groups like the French Maquis and the Yugoslav and Soviet partisans conducted surprise attacks and sustained guerrilla warfare against occupying forces, tying down hundreds of thousands of German troops.

🔹Don't Be A 'Hero' - Don't Be A Fool With Your Life

🔹Reasoned Resistance is Successful Resistance

🔹Do not 'Suffer To Show You Care'

🔹We need everyone on this side of steel bars and this side of the ground.

🔹We all need each reasoned patriot to be present throughout the Nazi's war on our populace.

Be wary.

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I expect agents provocateurs to infiltrate and disrupt EYESORE 9001 Friday #1
Yes, people in power have done such things in the past PatSeg Friday #4
I think that will be a given, Trump will ensure to install trouble makers in the crowd. Bev54 Friday #11
In which case: document, document, document Wednesdays Friday #14
Goons don't need a reason to escalate, which is why we're seeing them go after peaceful protestors. WhiskeyGrinder Friday #2
Like a Civil War general once said "hit them where they ain't" by demonstrating at the source of the problem, the rich yaesu Friday #3
Good idea Farmer-Rick Friday #6
Gandhi, King, Mandela Mblaze Friday #5
We need a huge Salt march Farmer-Rick Friday #7
😀 We need another counter-culture revolution. Mblaze Friday #18
If I am attacked, I am going to defend myself. mwmisses4289 Friday #8
Do no harm. Take no shit. EarthFirst Friday #15
I agree 100% jfz9580m Friday #9
Peaceful protests 100% oasis Friday #10
The Purpose of TACO MissouriDem47 Friday #12
Historically Some Things Are 'Done In The Shadows' - 'Underground Resistance' Fought Nazis Surreptitiously MayReasonRule Friday #13
So let them harm yourself or others when you can prevent it? Thx in advance uponit7771 Friday #16
Of course you have a right to defend yourself. DemocratSinceBirth Friday #17
👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿 uponit7771 Friday #19
Just call them "good Nazis" :D Jack Valentino Friday #20
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