FLQ insurgency

Insurgency in Quebec
Part of the Cold War
Date1 July 1962 – 6 October 1972
Location
Quebec, Canada
Result

Canadian victory

  • Disbandment of the FLQ and RIN
Belligerents

Canada

Front de libération du Québec
RIN
Supported by:
KGB
Commanders and leaders
Pierre Trudeau
Pierre Laporte X		 Pierre Paul Geoffroy
Raymond Villeneuve
Mario Bachand X
Francois Schirm (WIA)
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown
Many civilians killed and wounded

From the early 1960s to the 1970s, a violent terrorist insurgency led by the Front de libération du Québec took place in Quebec. Its goal was the establishment an independent and communist Quebecois nation.


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