[1] The Vanguard rejected the parliamentary route of the Social Movement, preferring instead to work outside the political system to subvert democracy and bring about a return to fascism.

[2] Members of the movement were frequently denounced as terrorists and it was claimed that Della Chiaie had links to bomb making concerns in Spain.

[3] The group also took a leading role in the abortive coup attempt by Junio Valerio Borghese the following year.

For the killing Pierluigi Concutelli, not a member of Avanguardia Nazionale at the time, served a life sentence in Italy.

[5] A second group bearing this name was set up in 1970 by Adriano Tilgher, but this movement was outlawed by the Italian government, who saw it as an attempt to refound the National Fascist Party.