Belarusian resistance during World War II

Belarusian resistance
	Part of the Eastern Front of World War II
	; Soviet partisans in Belarus, 1943
Date	1941–1944
Location	German-occupied Byelorussia
Result	Soviet victory
Territorial; changes	German retreat from Byelorussia
Belligerents
Soviet partisans Belarusian partisans; Ukrainian partisans; Supported by:; Soviet Union Nationalist underground in Western Belorussia (mostly before 1943):; Polish Underground State; • UAS (1941—1942); • Armia Krajowa (1942—1944); • NAF (1942—1944); • Bataliony Chłopskie Polessye Sich (1942—1943); UPA 1942—1943) Belarusian nationalists; • Belarusian SD (1941); • BPPM 1941—1944 Jewish partisans • Bielski partisans (1942-1944); • Fareynikte Partizaner Organizatsye (1942-1944)	Nazi Germany Wehrmacht LVF (1942—1944); ; Waffen-SS Dirlewanger Brigade; ; Collaborationist organisations and formations:; Belarusian; • Belarusian Polizei; • Belarusian Council of confidences (1943); • Belarusian Central Council (1943—1944); • Belarusian People's self-help; • Belarusian corps of self-defence (1942—1943); • Novogrudsk escadron (1943—1944); • Belarusian Home Defence (1944); Polish; • Polish Polizei; Ukrainian; • Ukrainian Polizei; Baltic collaborators; • Lithuanian Polizei; • Latvian Polizei; • 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian); • Estonian Polizei; • 3rd Estonian SS Volunteer Brigade (1943—1944); Russian collaborators; • Zuyev Republic; • 1st Russian National Brigade SS "Druzhina" (1941—1943); • RNNA (1942—1943); • Kaminski Brigade (1943—1944); • Cossack Stan (1943—1944); • Muravyov's Battalion (1943—1944) Nationalist underground in Western Belorussia (mostly from 1943):; Polish Underground State; • Armia Krajowa (after 1943); • NAF (after 1943) Polessye Sich (1941—1942, 1943); UPA 1943—1944) Belarusian nationalists; • Belarusian SD (1941); • BPPM (1941—1944)
Commanders and leaders
Kiril Mazurov; Vasily Kozlov (politician); Roman Machulsky; Joseph Belsky; Kirill Orlovsky; Vladimir Lobanok; Konstantin Zaslonov †; Stanislovas Vaupšas; Minay Shmyryov; Alexander Dalidovich; Fyodor Pavlovsky; Vasily Korzh; Aleksey Kleshchev; Pyotr Masherov; Andreii Volynets; Boris Bulat; Ilya Kozhar; Sydir Kovpak; Pyotr Vershigora; Alexander Saburov; Oleksiy Fedorov; Vladimir Gil † (from 1943);	Wilhelm Kube †; Curt von Gottberg; Walter Schimana; Erich Ehrlinger; Erich Koch; Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski; Hans-Adolf Prützmann; Oskar Dirlewanger; Vacłaŭ Ivanoŭski †; Radasłaŭ Astroŭski; Jury Sobołeŭski; Ivan Yermachenka; Francišak Kušal; Barys Rahula; Yevhen Pobihushchyi-Ren; Roman Shukhevych; Vladimir Gil (before 1943); Vladimir Boyarsky; Bronislav Kaminski; Sergey Vasilyevich Pavlov †; Timofeii Domanov;
Strength
12,000 (end of 1941); 374,000 (1944)	Unknown
Casualties and losses
45,000	125,000 killed

Belarusian resistance during World War II opposed Nazi Germany from 1941 until 1944. Byelorussia was one of the Soviet republics occupied following Operation Barbarossa. The term Belarusian partisans may refer to Soviet-formed irregular military groups fighting Germany, but has also been used to refer to the disparate independent groups who also fought as guerrillas at the time, including Jewish groups (such as the Bielski partisans and Fareynikte Partizaner Organisatsye), Polish groups (such as the Home Army), and nationalist Belarusian forces opposed to Germany.