The Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation (Slovene: Osvobodilna fronta Slovenskega naroda), or briefly Liberation Front (Osvobodilna fronta, acronym OF), also called the Anti-Imperialist Front (Slovene: Protiimperialistična fronta, PIF), was the main anti-fascist Slovene civil resistance and political organization. It was active in the Slovene Lands during World War II. Its military arm were the Slovene Partisans. The organisation was established in the Province of Ljubljana on 26 April 1941 in the house of the literary critic Josip Vidmar. Its leader was Boris Kidrič.
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