Red Army Faction
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The Red Army Faction was a far-left West German militant organization active mainly in the 1970s and 1980s, known for its urban guerrilla tactics, bombings, kidnappings, and assassinations in opposition to the West German state and capitalism.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Red Army Faction canonical | 6 |
| Baader-Meinhof Group | 1 |
| Red Army Faction kidnappings | 1 |
| Red Army Faction members | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2867376 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Red Army Faction Context triple: [Andreas Baader, memberOf, Red Army Faction]
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Roter Frontkämpferbund
Roter Frontkämpferbund was a militant communist paramilitary organization in Weimar Germany that served as the street-fighting and protection force of the Communist Party of Germany during the turbulent interwar years.
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Black Liberation Army
The Black Liberation Army was a clandestine, militant Black nationalist organization active primarily in the 1970s that engaged in armed struggle against U.S. authorities in pursuit of Black liberation.
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Black September Organization
The Black September Organization was a Palestinian militant group best known for carrying out the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre and other high-profile international terrorist attacks in the early 1970s.
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Nehru Brigade
Nehru Brigade was a military unit of the Indian National Army composed of Indian volunteers fighting alongside Axis powers to end British colonial rule in India during World War II.
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E.
Kosovo Liberation Army
The Kosovo Liberation Army was an ethnic Albanian paramilitary organization that fought for Kosovo’s independence from Serbia in the late 1990s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Red Army Faction Target entity description: The Red Army Faction was a far-left West German militant organization active mainly in the 1970s and 1980s, known for its urban guerrilla tactics, bombings, kidnappings, and assassinations in opposition to the West German state and capitalism.
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A.
Roter Frontkämpferbund
Roter Frontkämpferbund was a militant communist paramilitary organization in Weimar Germany that served as the street-fighting and protection force of the Communist Party of Germany during the turbulent interwar years.
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B.
Black Liberation Army
The Black Liberation Army was a clandestine, militant Black nationalist organization active primarily in the 1970s that engaged in armed struggle against U.S. authorities in pursuit of Black liberation.
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C.
Black September Organization
The Black September Organization was a Palestinian militant group best known for carrying out the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre and other high-profile international terrorist attacks in the early 1970s.
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D.
Nehru Brigade
Nehru Brigade was a military unit of the Indian National Army composed of Indian volunteers fighting alongside Axis powers to end British colonial rule in India during World War II.
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E.
Kosovo Liberation Army
The Kosovo Liberation Army was an ethnic Albanian paramilitary organization that fought for Kosovo’s independence from Serbia in the late 1990s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
far-left militant organization
ⓘ
terrorist organization ⓘ urban guerrilla group ⓘ |
| activeInDecade |
1970s
ⓘ
1980s ⓘ 1990s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Red Army Faction
ⓘ
surface form:
Baader-Meinhof Group
RAF ⓘ |
| announcedEndOfArmedStruggle | 1992 ⓘ |
| carriedOutAttackOn |
Detlev Karsten Rohwedder
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Deutsche Bank chairman Alfred Herrhausen ⓘ Frankfurt US military base ⓘ Hanns-Martin Schleyer ⓘ US Army headquarters in Heidelberg ⓘ West German federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback ⓘ |
| communicationLanguage | German ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | West Germany ⓘ |
| designatedAsTerroristOrganizationBy |
Member States of the European Union
ⓘ
surface form:
European Community member states
West Germany ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Republic of Germany
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| disbanded | 1998 ⓘ |
| endTime | 1998 ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember |
Andreas Baader
ⓘ
Brigitte Mohnhaupt ⓘ Christian Klar NERFINISHED ⓘ Gudrun Ensslin ⓘ Hanns-Martin Schleyer kidnappers ⓘ Holger Meins NERFINISHED ⓘ Jan-Carl Raspe ⓘ Ulrike Meinhof ⓘ |
| hasPart |
first generation of Red Army Faction
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second generation of Red Army Faction ⓘ third generation of Red Army Faction ⓘ |
| ideology |
Marxism–Leninism
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surface form:
Marxism-Leninism
anti-capitalism ⓘ anti-imperialism ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Latin American urban guerrilla movements
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New Left ⓘ Vietnam War opposition ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Red Army ⓘ |
| notableEvent | German Autumn ⓘ |
| operationalArea |
West Germany
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surface form:
Federal Republic of Germany
West Berlin ⓘ West Germany ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
NATO
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United States foreign policy ⓘ West German state ⓘ capitalism ⓘ |
| politicalPosition | far-left ⓘ |
| primaryTarget |
US military personnel in West Germany
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West German security forces ⓘ business leaders in West Germany ⓘ |
| startTime | 1970 ⓘ |
| usedTactic |
assassinations
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bank robberies ⓘ bombings ⓘ kidnappings ⓘ urban guerrilla warfare ⓘ |
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Subject: Red Army Faction Description of subject: The Red Army Faction was a far-left West German militant organization active mainly in the 1970s and 1980s, known for its urban guerrilla tactics, bombings, kidnappings, and assassinations in opposition to the West German state and capitalism.
Referenced by (9)
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