Danish soldier on his guard holding gun. 1945 - 8x10 photo

Danish soldier on his guard holding gun. 1945 - 8x10 photo "The Danish resistance movement (Danish: Modstandsbevægelsen) was an undergroundinsurgency to resist the German occupation of Denmark during World War II. Due to the initiallylenient arrangements, in which the German occupation authority allowed the democratic governmentto stay in power, the resistance movement was slower to develop effective tactics on a wideranging from producing illegal publications to spying and sabotage. Major groups included thecommunist BOPA (Danish: Borgerlige Partisaner, Civil Partisans) and Holger Danske, both basedin Copenhagen. Resistance agents killed an estimated 400 Danish informers and collaboratorsuntil 1944. After that date, they also killed some German nationals. Photo taken: 1945 people,man, standing, holding, gun, looking away, 1945" Pickid: 483810