21 August 1975, a dozen men occupied a "pied-noir" wineyard in Aleria. Naming themselves the ARC (Action for the Renaissance of Corsica), they claimed to be ready to divulge a financial scandal, grouped under the leadership of Edmond Simeoni. Michel Poniatowski, then Minister of Interior, sent more than a thousand soldiers, along with helicopters, heavy artillery and even tanks. Two ...more»