Force de Défense Alsacienne

The Force de Défense Alsacienne (Eng: Alsatian Defense Force) is a French paramilitary organization operating in Alsace-Lorraine with the stated goal of "protecting the French citizens of Alsace from German terrorism." They are highly xenophobic against anything German, and often commit bombings and attacks against German civilians in Alsace-Lorraine. They are rivals with the Elsaßdeutsche Freikorps, and both claim they are merely protecting the lives of each other's respective cultural group. The organization is largely sponsored by the French government, but condemned by both North Germany and the United Kingdom due to the massacres committed by members of the group.

History
The Alsatian Defense Force was established in 1902 by Alfred Dreyfus in response to the organization of the Elsaßdeutsche Friekorps. Some historians believe that Alfred had been bribed by the French government to create the organization, as his investigation in the Dreyfus Affair ended soon after his founding of the organization. The organization gained international infamy when on January 2, 1905, a German Lutheran church in Strasbourg was blown up by terrorists, killing 42 and wounding 90. Following this event, the German community within the city rioted, demanding the French police launch an investigation. The police refused to do so, and have thus created a long-standing animosity between the Germans of Alsace and the French government.

Following the Strasbourg Lutheran Church Massacre, the North German Confederation officially declared the Alsatian Defense Force to be a terrorist organization. Britain did the same just days after the announcement, however no action was taken by either side. In 1935, Alfred Dreyfus died in his Alsace home surrounded by his paramilitaries. His son, Pierre Dreyfus, was chosen as the successor who would be capable of leading the Alsatian Defense Force. The group is sponsored and funded by the French government.