A resistance movement is a group dedicated to fighting an invader in an occupied country. Tactics of resistance movements range from passive resistance and industrial sabotage to what would today be regarded as guerrilla (or guerilla) warfare and terrorism. Contemporary acts of a group that considers itself a resistance movement are usually condemned as terrorism by the government they are directed against, even when such attacks are directed against military targets.
In World War II, many countries had resistance movements dedicated to fighting the German invaders. There was also an anti-Nazi German resistance movement within Germany itself. Although Britain was not invaded in World War II, preparations were made for a British resistance movement in the event of a German invasion.
The Mujahadeen in Soviet occupied Afghanistan\n* Hizbollah (or Hezbollah, a Lebanese militant group who resisted the Israeli military occupation of various parts of Lebanon through guerrilla warfare until Israeli forces left the Southern Lebanese "security zone" in 2000\n* Chechen separatist guerrillas nominally under separatist leader Aslan Maskhadov (elected President of Chechnya in 1997) fighting against what they see as a Russian occupation of their country\n* The Palestinian militant groups such as the PLO, Hamas and Islamic Jihad in the West Bank and Gaza Strip during the first intifada (or uprising) and the second Al-Aqsa Intifada against Israeli military occupation\n* The Iraqi resistance or "insurgency" against the US-led military occupation
Planned resistance movements:\n* The Wehrwolf (also spelled Wehrwölfe or Werwolf) was a planned Nazi resistance movement against the victorious Allies after the defeat of the Nazi government at the end of World War II.\n* The Auxiliary Units organized by Colonel Colin Gubbins were created as a British resistance movement against a possible successful invasion of the British Isles by Nazi forces.
