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* The Vendée Rebellion 1793-1796 in France. The Vendées, who had initially welcomed the French Revolution, saw it quickly escalating off the hands and after the execution of the King, decided they had had enough of this revolution stuff. They repulsed the Revolutionary armies, declared themselves as the defendants of the legitimate government and managed to evict the Revolutionary regime completely off the Vendée department. The mutiny was quashed in 1796 and ended in genocide, but guerrilla war continued until the end of the Napoleon's regime and restoration of King.
* In Australia there is a radical socialist youth organisation called Resistance.
* The duties of the [[OSS]] and [[SOE]] in [[World War II]] often involved making contact with resistance groups and bringing supplies and [[Training the Peaceful Villagers|expertise.]] This could include urban guerilla warfare and sabotage in ''[[Casablanca]] ''-like towns, mountain and forest work in the Balkans, or scalp-hunting with jungle tribes in Asia, or any other sortssort of exotic venues.
 
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