On the BSSR territory 1255 distinguishable detachments had operated in 1941-1944, majority of them in the structures of the partisan brigades, but 203 separately.

The bigger detachment in certain conditions could be expanded into a partisan brigade, or into a partisan regiment.

One of the Italian units had gone to carve up a German post and the job was being done in co-operation with another partisan brigade.

With 1300 members, it was the largest partisan brigade, and was fiercely nationalistic yet religiously tolerant, with over 300 Jewish members.

The Janosik brigade was another partisan brigade, which fought in the Tatra Mountains and Orava.

For example, the 15th Vojvodinian partisan brigade that was founded in 1944 was composed entirely of Vojvodinian Hungarians.

After October 1942 he was a messenger for a partisan brigade, later becoming a scout for the partisan Komsomolets brigade.

The military arms of the organisation, the partisan brigades, were still referred to as Giustizia e Libertà.

She was even proposed to be appointed as chief of a partisan brigade, but declined.

In northern Italy, both the Alps and the Appennines offered shelter to partisan brigades, though many groups operated directly inside the major cities.