The **Red Army Faction** (or **RAF** or **Baader–Meinhof Group** or
**Baader–Meinhof Gang**) was a
[Marxist-Leninist](Marxist-Leninism "wikilink") terrorist group based in
[Germany](Germany "wikilink") from 1970 to 1998.

## History

### Timeline of Major Actions

  - April 1968: Future RAF members set fire to two department stores in
    Frankfurt to protest the Vietnam War.
  - April 1968:

## Lessons for us

The RAF are