The Slovak National Uprising broke out on 29 August 1944, centred on Banská Bystrica in the mountains. Western Slovakia was flat, full of German troops and impossible to hold — and yet on 30 August 1944 the Trnava garrison became the only garrison in western Slovakia to join the uprising in an organised way, before German forces took control of the whole west within days. The uprising itself was crushed in October, and the last months of the war were the worst: German occupation, the Gestapo, and reprisals against anyone who had helped. The front reached Trnava at the very end — the town was taken by troops of the Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front on 1 April 1945, and the war in Europe ended five weeks later.Slovenské národné povstanie vypuklo 29. augusta 1944 a jeho centrom bola Banská Bystrica v horách. Západné Slovensko bolo rovina plná nemeckých vojsk a udržať sa nedalo — a predsa sa 30. augusta 1944 trnavská posádka ako jediná západoslovenská posádka organizovane zapojila do povstania, kým Nemci celý západ v priebehu niekoľkých dní neovládli. Samo povstanie potlačili v októbri a posledné mesiace vojny boli najhoršie: nemecká okupácia, gestapo a odplata voči každému, kto pomáhal. Front sa k Trnave dostal celkom na konci — mesto obsadili vojská sovietskeho 2. ukrajinského frontu 1. apríla 1945 a vojna v Európe sa skončila o päť týždňov neskôr.
