Aleria standoff

Aleria standoff
Part of Prelude to the Corsican conflict
Aleria’s countryside in the area of the standoff
Date 21–22 August 1975 Location Aleria, Corsica event 42°07′57″N 09°30′34″E / 42.13250°N 9.50944°E / 42.13250; 9.50944 Result See Consequences
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
class=notpageimage| Location within France

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.