National Liberation Front
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'''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]]
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[[Category:National liberation movements]]
[[Category:Nationalism]]
[[Category:Independence movements]]
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