Basque conflict | |||||||
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Part of the History of Spain and the Basque Country | |||||||
Clockwise, starting at top left: ETA members at the 2006 Gudari Eguna in Oiartzun, Gipuzkoa; the Madrid Airport bombing; a demonstration against ETA in Madrid; pro-ETA graffiti in Pasaia. |
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Belligerents | |||||||
Francoist Spain (1959–1975) |
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
387 Spanish law enforcement agents killed 98 off-duty Spanish soldiers killed 1 French Policeman killed 343 civilians killed by ETA (including 23 minors) 2,400 wounded and 1294 permanently incapacitated. |
140 militants killed by law enforcement agencies 101 killed in a number of criminal cases involving various parties 44 killed due to their own explosives 4,250 wounded ~30,000 arrested |
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Total number of casualties is disputed (see Casualties) |
Francoist Spain (1959–1975)
Spain (1975–2011)
France
Basque National Liberation Movement
The Basque conflict, also known as the Spain–ETA conflict, was an armed and political conflict from 1959 to 2011 between Spain and the Basque National Liberation Movement, a group of social and political Basque organizations which sought independence from Spain and France. The movement was built around the separatist organization ETA which had launched a campaign of attacks against Spanish administrations since 1959. ETA has been proscribed as a terrorist organization by the Spanish, British, French and Americanauthorities at different moments. The conflict took place mostly on Spanish soil, although to a smaller degree it was also present in France, which was primarily used as a safe haven by ETA members. It was the longest running violent conflict in modern Western Europe. It has been sometimes referred to as "Europe's longest war".