ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Slovak partisans

Okay, so let's imagine that you and your friends are playing a game, but some bigger kids are trying to cheat and take all the toys. You don't like that. What do you do? You might try to hide the toys, or make a plan to stop the bigger kids from being mean. That's kind of like what slovak partisans did during a very big game called World War II.

Slovak partisans were regular people, kind of like your parents or your grandparents, who saw that some bad guys were trying to take over their country and hurt their friends and family. They didn't like that. So they decided to do something about it. But they didn't have an army or big weapons like tanks and planes, because they were just regular people.

Instead, the Slovak partisans used their brains and their bravery to resist the bad guys in sneaky ways. They might hide in the woods or in secret rooms, and do things like cutting phone lines or blowing up bridges, so the bad guys couldn't communicate or move around as easily. They might also sneak food or medicine to people who were hiding from the bad guys.

Now, doing all of this was very dangerous because if the bad guys caught them, they would be punished, maybe even hurt or killed. So the Slovak partisans had to be very careful and brave. But they were also very important because they helped their country fight against the bad guys, even if they weren't in a big army.

So, imagine you and your friends were partisans trying to protect your toys from the bigger kids. Maybe you would hide them in a secret place, or pretend you gave them away but really keep them safe. You would be very sneaky and smart, even though you are just regular kids. That's kind of like what the Slovak partisans did during World War II.