This presumable refers to resistance to the Nazis. In most occupied countries there was one or many organised resistance movements. Within Germany there were many resistance movements, the military being the largest.

He led the two resistance movements against Canadian government and Sir John A. Macdonald.

THE FRENCH RESISTANCE

The french communist resistance

SOE

And various others

In sociology proactive social movements are initial social movements that are created in order to change society.Reactive social movements are the resistance to the proactive social movements.

Please clarify what you want to know about the time period. There have been many resistance movements in history.