National Liberation Front 68306 225153612 2008-07-12T04:30:33Z Kauffner 280857 a '''National Liberation Front''' is a common name for [[guerrilla warfare|guerrilla]] organization fighting to free their country from foreign rule, or at least claiming to be such an organization. The term is typically associated with [[left wing]] politics, however militant right wing and even fascist movements use the term. National liberation fronts typically appeal to a radical nation, in the 19th century sense, or to a reactionary nationalism in the 20th century sense. National Liberation Fronts include: * [[National Liberation Front of South Vietnam]] (Vietcong), a communist army during the [[Vietnam War]]. * The [[Front de Libération Nationale]] (FLN), [[Algeria]]'s largest political party. * An [[Albania]]n guerrilla group fighting [[Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)|Fascist Italy]] and [[Nazi Germany]] during [[World War II]]. The group was led by [[Enver Hoxha]], who later became [[List of Prime Ministers of Albania|prime minister of Albania]]. See [[History of Albania]]. * [[Anti-Fascist Council of National Liberation of Yugoslavia]] * [[Armed Forces of National Liberation]] * [[Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia]] * [[Boricua Popular Army]] * [[Ethniko Apeleftherotiko Metopo]] (EAM) in Greece * [[Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front]] * [[Free Papua Movement]] * [[Front de Libération du Québec]], a terrorist group responsible for bombings and murders in the early 1970s in an effort to "free" Quebec from Canada. * [[Gorkha National Liberation Front]] * [[Gorkha National Liberation Front (C.K. Pradhan)]] * [[Irgun|Irgun Zvai Leumi - National Military Organization (Israel)]] * [[Irish National Liberation Army]] - militant offshoot of the [[Official Irish Republican Army]], in spite of the INLA's Marxist ideology it worked closely with the [[Provisional IRA]]. * [[Lehi (group)|Lehi (Fighters for the Freedom of Israel)]] * [[National Liberation Front in South Arabia]] - in today's [[Yemen]] * [[National Front for the Liberation of Corsica]] * [[National Liberation Army of Iran]] * [[National Liberation Front - Bahrain]] * [[National Liberation Front (Burundi)|National Liberation Front - Burundi]] (FROLINA) * [[National Liberation Front of Tripura]] * [[National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Haiti]] * [[Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia]] * [[Sandinista National Liberation Front]] * [[Scottish National Liberation Army]] * [[National Liberation Front (Macedonia)|National Liberation Front]] (NOF), [[ethnic Macedonian]] [[military formation]] during the [[Greek Civil War]]. * [[Uganda National Liberation Front]] * [[Zapatista Army of National Liberation]] ===See also=== *[[National Front]] *[[National Liberation Army]] {{disambig}} [[Category:National liberation movements]] [[Category:Nationalism]] [[Category:Independence movements]] [[hr:Fronta narodnog oslobođenja]] [[it:Fronte di Liberazione Nazionale]] [[fi:Kansallinen vapautusrintama]] [[tr:Ulusal bağımsızlık hareketleri]]