Editing Groupe Union Défense (section)

=== Military volunteers ===
Some GUD members have fought in [[Lebanese Civil War]] with the [[Kataeb Party]]<ref>Not Only Syria? The Phenomenon of Foreign Fighters in a Comparative Perspective, p. 94</ref> in 1976, [[Croatian War of Independence]]<ref>James Ciment ''World Terrorism: An Encyclopedia of Political Violence from Ancient Times to the Post-9/11 Era'', p. 234.</ref> in the 1990s and in [[Burma]] during [[Karen conflict]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://lahorde.samizdat.net/2015/08/03/la-souris-deglinguee-lsd-in-memoriam-extreme-droite/ |title=La Souris rattrapée par le Chat…tillon: quand LSD choisit finalement son camp |access-date=2019-07-31 |archive-date=2020-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027193128/https://lahorde.samizdat.net/2015/08/03/la-souris-deglinguee-lsd-in-memoriam-extreme-droite/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1985 member of the GUD Jean-Philippe Courrèges was killed in action fighting for the [[Karen National Liberation Army]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.contre-info.com/ephemeride-du-4-octobre|title=C'était un 4 octobre...|date=October 4, 2024}}</ref>

GUD members have had links with the ''[[Department for Protection and Security]]'', which is the security organization of the far-right political party [[National Front (France)|National Front]].<ref>[[Abel Mestre]] et [[Caroline Monnot]], « Les réseaux du Front national »,  Sylvain Crépon, Alexandre Dézé, [[Nonna Mayer]], Les Faux-semblants du Front national : sociologie d'un parti politique, Presses de Sciences PoP</ref>

Former member of the GUD [[Alain Orsoni]] was member of the [[National Liberation Front of Corsica|FLNC]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.parismatch.com/Actu/Societe/Alain-Orsoni-seul-face-a-sa-peur-160087|title=Alain Orsoni: seul face à sa peur|date=November 24, 2012|website=parismatch.com}}</ref>