Aleria standoff
| Aleria standoff | |||||||
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| Part of Prelude to the Corsican conflict | |||||||
Aleria’s countryside in the area of the standoff | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Corsican nationalist paramilitaries | French Gendarmerie | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Edmond Simeoni | Michel Poniatowski | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 30 militants |
1,200 gendarms 8 armoured vehicles 8 helicopters | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1 wounded | 2 killed | ||||||
The Aleria standoff was a confrontation between members of the French Gendarmerie and Corsican nationalist militants who entrenched themselves in a wine cellar at Aleria, Corsica, on 21 and 22 August 1975. The armed activists belonged to the radical nationalist party Action Régionaliste Corse (ARC). The occupation resulted in a strong reaction of the French government and is regarded as the precursor of the Corsican conflict.