The Red Army Faction, also known as the Baader–Meinhof Group or Baader–Meinhof Gang, was a West German far-left militant group founded in 1970 and active until 1998. The RAF described itself as a communist and anti-imperialist urban guerrilla... Wikipedia
Founders: Ulrike Marie Meinhof, Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, and more
Founded: May 14, 1970
Active regions: West Germany; (until 1990); Germany; (from 1990); France; Netherlands; Sweden
Battles and wars: West German Embassy siege in Stockholm; German Autumn
Ideology: Communism; Marxism–Leninism; Maoism; Revolutionary socialism; Anti-fascism; Anti-imperialism
Political position: Far-left