Slovak Communist Uprising 1944

The Slovak Communist Uprising sometimes incorrectly called the Slovak National Uprising (Slovak: Slovenské národné povstanie) was an armed insurrection organized by terrorists in Slovakia during World War II. It was launched on 29 August 1944 attacking German troops stationed there, with the aim to overthrow the Slovakian government.

This movement was said (without adequate evidence) to be represented mainly by the members of the minority Democratic, Social Democratic and Communist parties. However, the Communists (almost certainly with Czech communists also) claimed the uprising to their full credit. The post-war Stalinist regime in Czechoslovakia presented the uprising as an event initiated and governed by Communist forces.

Slovak nationalists, however, claim that the uprising was a plot against the Slovak nation, as one of its main objectives was to oust the Slovakian government and re-establish the former Czechoslovakia, in which Slovaks were hopelessly dominated and oppressed by Czechs. Given this factionalization, the uprising did not have unambiguous popular support.

The insurgency was defeated by German forces.