History LaResistance / RealLife

** And of course, there's also their territories in the Americas. Though the ones in the Caribbean and North America were [[LawfulStupid stymied by the Monroe Doctrine]]--the United States officially recognized Vichy France even after declaring war on Nazi Germany, and President Roosevelt personally distrusted Charles de Gaulle--the more far-flung French Guiana were better able to more readily and directly support de Gaulle. Once Germany took over the Vichy puppet state in 1943, all bets were off, and the American territories were able to openly support Free France.

** The Israeli government revolted against the British Mandate and likewise achieved independence.

** The Werewolves, pro-Nazi partisans (mostly ex-Hitler Youths) who operated in occupied Germany.

* Hamas in Palestine, Hezbollah in Lebanon, Northern Alliance in Afghanistan under Taliban rule, the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, as well as the Iraqi resistance after the 2003 invasion. The first four organizations alternate between being LaResistance and a de-facto government. In case of the Muslim Brotherhood, they were de-jure government too until the [[MilitaryCoup Egyptian military stepped in again]].

* The grassroots movement in the United States that are opposed to Donald Trump often call themselves "The Resistance".

* The Arab Spring itself was inspired by the Iranian "Jonbesh e Sabz" (Persian for "Green Movement", though they weren't exactly "Green") which started in 2009. The movement started as a group protesting against the Ahmadinejad Administration's radical moves and blatant corruption and they rallied behind Mir Hossein Mousavi who went on to run for President. Then Ahmadinejad got reelected in an obviously rigged election and the Greens took to the streets. Mousavi and fellow candidate Mahdi Karoubi were taken into custody immediately (Flash-forward 10 years, they're still under house arrest) and the protests got more serious, the government got more violent and the movement eventually faded away,

* The Arab Spring itself was inspired by the Iranian "Jonbesh e Sabz" (translation: Green Movement, even though Enviromentalism is one of their minor values) which started in 2009 in protest of the rigged Presidential Election that kept Ahmadinejad in office for four more years.

* The Arab Spring. Protests and revolutions have occurred in Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria, Yemen, Libya, Morocco, Bahrain, Syria, and Iraq and Iran.

* The vast majority of other [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericas American]] nations were formed after a group of patriots (referred as such for both the [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution U.S. American]], Hispanic American and Brazilian Insurrections) managed to organize this and overthrow the representatives of their respective Metropoles (The UK for the USA, France for Haiti, [[CaptainObvious Spain for the Hispanic American nations]] and Portugal for Brazil).

** Being in a Home Guard Auxilary Unit was a heavy burden, because if your unit was actually activated (which would occur automatically if your town was occupied) the first job was to ensure security by killing the only other man who knew who the members were: The local police constable, who was invariably a close friend of all the members and trusted them enough to kill him if needed. Thankfully for them, by the time the units were actually formed, Germany was only a few months away from abandoning any thought of implementing Operation Sea Lion, for several reasons; they couldn't establish aerial or naval superiority, without which any attempt would have been extremely costly, and anyway, they had a much better idea - [[TooDumbToLive invading Russia!]]. The auxiliaries were finally stood down in 1944, when the Allies were going to be the ones doing the invading. Some of them joined the Special Air Service and saw action in Europe.

** Bulgarians have a long-standing tradition for forming rebel bands either locally or in the neighboring countries to wage guerrilla fighting in the wilderness and living off support from remote households. This was used against the Ottoman Empire (from the 14th to the end of the 19th century)''[[note]]haiduti, from the Turkish word for "[[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters brigands]]"[[/note]]'', the nazi-allied government during [=WWII=]''[[note]]partizani[=/=]shumkari, "partisans"/"bush people"[[/note]]'', and the communists afterwards until TheSixties''[[note]]goryani, "forest people"[[/note]]''. The communists were the only ones successful to wipe out the resistance, reportedly besieging a band of under 100 men with [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill tens of thousands of special forces military]]. Notably, some pro-communist rebels against the nazis later went anti-communist, disillusioned with [[FullCircleRevolution the revolution just bringing a new tyrant]].

** Bulgarians have a long-standing tradition for forming rebel bands either locally or in the neighboring countries to wage guerrilla fighting in the wilderness and living off support from remote households. This was used against the Ottoman Empire (from the 14th to the end of the 19th century)''[[note]]haiduti, ''from the Turkish word for [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters "brigands"]]''[[/note]]'', the nazi-allied government during [=WWII=]''[[note]]partizani[=/=]shumkari, ''"partisans"/"bush people"''[[/note]]'', and the communists afterwards until TheSixties''[[note]]goryani, ''"forest people"''[[/note]]''. The communists were the only ones successful to wipe out the resistance, reportedly besieging a band of under 100 men with [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill tens of thousands of special forces military]]. Notably, some pro-communist rebels against the nazis later went anti-communist, disillusioned with [[FullCircleRevolution the revolution just bringing a new tyrant]].

* There's also [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_independence_movement Dok-rib-goons (Independence Armies) and other underground resistances of Korea]], who fought against the Japanese rule during 36 years of Japanese colonization. When Japanese invaded China, Korean armies fought with Chinese armies and Allied forces(One of the leaders, Kim Gu, tried to send a troop of commandos into occupied Han peninsula(with the help from the USA). Unfortunately the War ended in August, before the operation date of October). One of the most prominent Dokribgun leaders was a charismatic man named Kim Il-sung... [[FaceHeelTurn who later became the dictator of]] UsefulNotes/NorthKorea and caused UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar.

** Against this trend, there is Canada, which is either LesCollaborateurs or LaResistance, as it became haven for Loyalists to British crown who opposed independence and twice fought off American invasions--once before [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution Americans even declared independence]] (in 1775) and again in [[WarOf1812 1812]].

* Opponents of UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump, especially those left-of-center, have styled themselves as this after his 2016 Presidential election win. Unlike other examples, they are mostly peaceful and their movement is more mainstream than some of the above examples.

* Opponents of UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump, especially those left-of-center, have styled themselves as this after his 2016 Presidential election win. Unlike other examples, they are mostly peaceful and their movement is very mainstream.

* Opponents of UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump, especially those left-of-center, have rather childishly styled themselves as this after his 2016 Presidential election win. Unlike other examples, they are mostly peaceful and their movement is very mainstream.

* Opponents of UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump, especially those left-of-center, have styled themselves as this after his 2016 Presidential election win. Unlike other examples, they are mostly peaceful and their movement is very mainstream.

* Opponents of UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump, especially those left-of-center, have styled themselves as this after his 2016 Presidential election win. Unlike other examples, they are mostly peaceful and much of the country is overwhelmingly supportive of them.

* Opponents of UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump have styled themselves as this after his 2016 Presidential election win.

* Opponents of Creator/DonaldTrump have styled themselves as this after his 2016 Presidential election win.

** The Irish Republican Army, and before them you had the Fenians in 19th Century VictorianBritain.

* This trope is OlderThanFeudalism: the Judean Zealots who sought to overthrow Roman rule in the 1st century C.E. were possibly the first example of a national resistance movement in history. Needless to say, they failed and the Jews ended up becoming diaspora across the Mediterranean and the Roman Empire.

*** Canada is a subversion in that there actually ''was'' La Resistance in the form of rebellions headed by {{Rebel Leader}}s William Lyon Mackenzie (in Upper Canada, modern Ontario) and Louis-Joseph Papineau (in Lower Canada, modern Quebec). Unlike the resistance movements in most other countries, the Canadian ones were easily crushed by the British imperial military.

** UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution is an interesting example. The men who resisted the tyrant King George were for the most slaveowners yet preached about their rights. This was seen as hypocritical even in its day and age (Creator/SamuelJohnson called them out on it). They also oppposed the Mohawks and Iroquois Confederacy of New York, most of whom were allied to the English. The English, which was also a slaveowning nation at this time, attracted some ex-slaves with the promise of manumission.