although the resistance was largely defeated Conquering by german forces , guerrilla operations continued until the soviet army , czechoslovak army and romanian army liberated fascist slovakia in 1945 .

They liberated Besieging numerous towns and cities in the initial months of the conflict .

In late August some Chetniks joined Becoming_a_member the uprising and liberated Loznica .

The largest liberated territory in occupied Europe was created Creating by the Partisans in western Serbia , and was known as the Republic of Užice .

Rebels shared power on the liberated territory ; the center of the Partisan liberated territory was in Užice , and Chetniks had their headquarters on Ravna Gora .

Rebels shared power on the liberated territory ; the center of the Partisan liberated territory was in Užice , and Chetniks had their headquarters on Ravna Gora .

Eritrea was claimed Statement by the Ethiopian Empire from 1947 after Eritrea was liberated Change_of_leadership from Italy 's occupation since 1890 ( both countries were part of Italian East Africa during World War II ) .

The Partisans then counter-attacked Attack decisively , but by early December had been driven Motion from liberated area by the German and Serb collaborationist offensive .

The Red Army exploited the collapse Destroying of the German front line to encircle Besieging German formations in the vicinity of Minsk in the Minsk Offensive and destroy Destroying them , with Minsk liberated on 4 July .

In the spring of 1942 , Yugoslav Partisans in central and west Bosnia liberated Change_of_leadership Bosanski Petrovac , Drvar , Glamoč and Prijedor .

Fighting continued until 9 May , when the Red Army entered Arriving the nearly liberated city .

The objectives of the campaign were to prevent Preventing_or_letting FRELIMO 's infiltration routes across the Tanzanian border and to destroy Destroying permanent FRELIMO bases inside the liberated zones in Northern Mozambique .

Gordian Knot was a seven-month long campaign ultimately employing Employment thirty-five thousand men , and was almost successful since it destroyed Destroying most guerrilla camps located inside FRELIMO 's liberated zones and captured Conquering large numbers of rebels and armaments , forcing FRELIMO to retreat Escaping from their bases and outposts in the provinces .