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Originally Posted by Gun Grape
The Warsaw getto involved conventional warfare, was not an insurgency in the same vein as say the Frence Resistance movement,the IRA or the Weather Underground.
But yes they were crushed. I disagree with Czechoslovakia and or any of the other cold war "Revolts" as being an insurgency. Most were nothing but Labor walkouts and demonstrations. The Hungary revolt came closest but didn't involve many unconventional troops.
I did say revolts though when I should have said insurgencies. My Bad.
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All occured under police states (Nazi Germany/ Soviet Union), total war (WW2) and complete control (Iron Curtain, Cold war). So might not be relevant to todays times and todays modern industrialized west.
I think in todays world, only one big power can get away with almost complete genocide within its borders (the PRC) and only the US has the sum total of economic, military and diplomatic power to conduct an unfettered campaign abroad for a brief period of time. But even it wont be able to hold everyone in line throughout.