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underground: see guerrilla warfare guerrilla warfare (gərĭl`ə) [Span. ..... Click the link for more information. . Resistanceor UndergroundClandestine groups opposed to Nazi rule in German-occupied Europe in World War II. The groups included civilians who worked secretly against the occupation and armed bands of partisans or guerrilla fighters. Resistance activities ranged from assisting the escape of Jews and Allied airmen shot down over enemy territory to committing sabotage, ambushing German patrols, and sending intelligence information to the Allies. Resistance groups were not always unified; in some countries, rival groups divided along communist and noncommunist lines. However, in France the clandestine National Council of the Resistance coordinated all French groups, which gave support to the Normandy Campaign and participated in the August 1944 uprising that helped liberate Paris. Resistance groups in other northern European countries also undertook military actions to help the Allied forces in 1944–45. underground 1. a. a movement dedicated to overthrowing a government or occupation forces, as in the European countries occupied by the German army in World War II b. (as modifier): an underground group 2. an electric passenger railway operated in underground tunnels 3. a. any avant-garde, experimental, or subversive movement in popular art, films, music, etc. b. (as modifier): the underground press www.reed.edu/~reyn/transport.html www.metropla.net/index2.htm underground [¦ən·dər¦grau̇nd] (engineering) Situated, done, or operating beneath the surface of the ground. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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You have plenty of power left, for you rule this underground kingdom like a tyrant, and thousands of Nomes obey your commands. "To begin with," said he, "word came to our noble and illustrious Ruler, Ozma of Oz, that the wife and ten children--five boys and five girls--of the former King of Ev, by name Evoldo, have been enslaved by the Nome King and are held prisoners in his underground palace. There are a whole series of rooms deep underground. |
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