guerrilla resistance
Underground armed struggle
Guerrilla resistance is armed opposition conducted through irregular warfare—ambushes, sabotage, hit-and-run attacks—rather than conventional military engagement.
The tactics suit fighters who lack the resources for direct confrontation: The guerrilla resistance harassed supply lines throughout the occupation.
The term often implies an indigenous force fighting foreign occupiers or a dominant regime.
- insurgentOne who revolts
- rebelAuthority defier
- partisanBiased toward one side
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
- fighterOne who engages in combat
freedom fighter · sabotage · ambush · hit and run · jungle · uprising · militia · revolution · covert · liberation · cell · behind enemy lines · enemy lines · supply line · hideout · safe house · popular uprising · mountains
- Philippine historypresidents, Spanish rule, vice president, revolutionaries, Imelda
- US-Philippinesmilitary alliance, diplomatic ties, military bases, joint military exercises, Spanish-American War
- CBI TheaterBurma Road, Flying Tigers, AVG, Irrawaddy, Mandalay
- Francoist SpainFrancisco Franco, Franco, caudillo, generalissimo, dictator
- ManchuriaManchuria, Changbai Mountains, Qing dynasty, Japanese occupation, Mukden Incident
guerrilla resistanceconventional warfare
Armed conflict using standard military forces
pitched battle · frontal assault · trench warfare · siege warfare · standing army
guerrilla resistancecollaboration
Joint intellectual work
submission · capitulation · surrender · acquiescence · compliance
guerrilla resistancediplomatic resolution
Conflict ended through talks
nonviolent resistance · passive resistance · civil disobedience · political compromise · peace talks
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