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August 29, 1944

On August 29, 1944, world War II: Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis. Kathy Acker, Philip Jackson, James Heckman would arrive in the same year.

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World War II: Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis.

Slovak National Uprising was organised by the Slovak resistance during the Second World War, directed against the German invasion of Slovakia by the German military, which began on 29 August 1944, and on the other against the Slovak collaborationist regime of the Ludaks under Jozef Tiso. It was one of the largest uprisings against Nazism and its allies in Europe.

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1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1944th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 944th year of the 2nd millennium, the 44th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1940s decade.

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On August 29, 1944

1944 World War II: Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis.

1944–45 anti-Nazi armed resistance

Slovak National Uprising was organised by the Slovak resistance during the Second World War, directed against the German invasion of Slovakia by the German military, which began on 29 August 1944, and on the other against the Slovak collaborationist regime of the Ludaks under Jozef Tiso. It was one of the largest uprisings against Nazism and its allies in Europe.

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