रेड आर्मी गुट
Also known as Baader-Meinhof Group, RAF, Baader-Meinhof Gang
German far-left terrorist organisation
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The Red Army Faction was a far-left militant group in Germany that carried out violent attacks and kidnappings during the Cold War era. It matters historically because it represented a significant domestic terrorism threat in postwar Western Europe and raised important questions about political violence, state security, and extremism.
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- Commons category
- Red Army Faction
- inception
- 1970-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1998-04-20
- Commons gallery
- Rote Armee Fraktion
- short name
- RAF
- native label
- Rote Armee Fraktion
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1970 establishments in West Germany1998 disestablishments in GermanyAnti-fascist organisations in GermanyAnti-imperialist organizationsAußerparlamentarische OppositionCommunist terrorismCrimes against police officers in GermanyDefunct communist militant groupsDefunct organizations designated as terrorist in EuropeLeft-wing militant groups in GermanyMaoist organisations in Germany