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====World War II==== *[[Philippine resistance against Japan]]{{snd}}During the [[Japanese occupation of the Philippines|Japanese occupation]] in World War II, there was an extensive Philippine resistance movement, which opposed the Japanese with an active underground and guerrilla activity that increased over the years. [[File:Molotov koktail.webp|thumb|A Finnish soldier demonstrating a [[molotov cocktail]] ]] *[[Winter War]]{{snd}}[[Finland]] was invaded by the much larger [[mechanized military unit]]s of the [[Soviet Union]]. Although the Soviets captured 8% of Finland, they suffered enormous casualties versus much lower losses for the Finns. Soviet vehicles were confined to narrow forest roads by terrain and snow, while the Finns used [[Ski warfare|ski tactics]] around them unseen through the trees. They cut the advancing Soviet column into what they called [[Pocket (military)#Motti|motti]] (a cubic metre of firewood) and then destroyed the cut-off sections one by one. Many Soviets were shot, had their throats cut from behind, or froze to death due to inadequate clothing and lack of camouflage and shelter. The Finns also devised a petrol bomb they called the [[Molotov cocktail]] to destroy Soviet tanks. *[[Soviet partisans]]{{snd}}resistance movement which fought in the [[Operation Barbarossa|German occupied parts of the Soviet Union]]. *[[Warsaw Uprising]]{{snd}}[[Poland]] (Home Army, [[Armia Krajowa]]) rose up against the [[German occupation of Poland|German occupation]]. *[[German occupation of Yugoslavia|Germany's occupation of Yugoslavia]], 1941–45 (Germany vs. [[Josip Broz Tito|Tito's]] [[Yugoslav Partisans|Partisans]] and [[Draža Mihailović|Mihailović's]] [[Chetniks]]). =====Britain===== *[[British Commando]]s and European coastal raids. German countermeasures and the notorious [[Commando Order]]. *[[Long Range Desert Group]] and the [[Special Air Service]] in [[Africa]] and later in Europe. *[[South-East Asian Theatre of World War II|South East Asian Theater]]: [[Orde Charles Wingate|Wingate]], [[Chindits]], [[Force 136]], [[V Force]] *[[Special Operations Executive]] (SOE) *[[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] against British security forces in the [[The Troubles|Northern Campaign]]. =====United States===== *[[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS) *[[China Burma India Theater of World War II|China Burma India Theater:]] [[Merrill's Marauders]] and [[OSS Detachment 101]].
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