war with the League of Nations by the Irish Free State. World War II Philippine resistance against Japan – During the Japanese occupation in World War II, there was an extensive Philippine resistance movement, which opposed the Japanese with active underground and guerrilla activity that increased over the years. Winter War – Finland was invaded by the much larger mechanized military units of the Soviet Union. Although the Soviets captured 8% of Finland, they suffered enormous casualties versus much lower losses for the Finns. Soviet vehicles were confined to narrow forest roads by terrain and snow, while the Finns used ski tactics around them unseen through the trees. They cut the advancing Soviet column into what they called motti (a cubic metre of firewood), and then destroyed the cut off sections one by one. Many of the Soviets were shot by snipers, had their throats cut from behind, or froze to death due to inadequate clothing and lack of camouflage and shelter. The Finns also devised a petrol bomb they called the Molotov cocktail to destroy Soviet tanks. Soviet partisans – resistance movement which fought in the German occupied parts of the Soviet Union. Warsaw Uprising – Poland (Home Army, Armia Krajowa) rose up against the German occupation. Germany's occupation of Yugoslavia, 1941–45 (Germany vs. Tito's Partisans and Mihailović's Chetniks). Britain British Commandos and European coastal raids. German countermeasures and the notorious Commando Order. Long Range Desert Group and the Special Air Service in Africa and later in Europe. South East Asian Theatre: Wingate, Chindits, Force 136, V Force Special Operations Executive (SOE) Provisional Irish Republican Army against British security forces in the Northern Campaign. United States Office of Strategic Services (OSS) China Burma India Theatre: Merrill's Marauders and OSS Detachment 101. After World War II First Indochina War (1946-1954) and Algerian War of Independence (1954-1962); both against France The Cuban Revolution of 1953-1958 became a template of asymmetric warfare. The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (or "Russo-Hungarian" war) saw makeshift forces improvising lopsided tactics against Soviet tanks. Libyan support to the Provisional Irish Republican Army during the Troubles (1960s to 1998) and collusion between British security forces and Ulster loyalist paramilitaries. United States Military Assistance Command Studies and Observations Group (US MAC-V SOG) (1964-1972) and Viet Cong in Vietnam. The South African Border War, otherwise known as the Namibian War of Independence (1966-1990) between the South African Defence Force and