SLOVAKIA-WWII-UPRISING-ANNIVERSARY

A soldier jumps with parachute during the ceremonies to commemorate 70 years anniversary of the Slovakia's National Uprising (SNP) at the Museum of SNP in the central Slovak town of Banska Bystrica on August 29,2014.The SNP celebrations at Banska Bystrica attended many foreign delegations along with thousands of Slovaks.The Slovak National Uprising belongs to the largest armed resistance activities, which took place on the German territory during the World War II. Within two months, nearly sixty thousand soldiers and about eighteen thousand guerrillas were defending a compact region in Central Slovakia against German troops. AFP PHOTO/JOE KLAMAR (Photo credit should read JOE KLAMAR/AFP via Getty Images)