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The Algerian War (also known as the Algerian Revolution or the Algerian War of Independence) [nb 1] was a major armed conflict between France and the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) from 1954 to 1962, which led to Algeria winning its independence from France. [29]
- List of wars involving Algeria
This is a list of wars involving the People's Democratic...
- Algerian Civil War
The Algerian Civil War (Arabic: الحرب الأهلية الجزائرية),...
- Military history of Algeria
The Algerian War of Independence was a series of uprisings...
- Algeria
The Sétif and Guelma massacre in 1945 catalysed local...
- List of wars involving Algeria
- Background and Causes
- Course of The War
- Consequences of The Algerian War
- Battles and Operations
Conquest of Algeria
Until the early nineteenth century, Algeria or the Regency of Algeris was part of the Ottoman Empire. The area was governed by local governors called dey. The population was made up largely of Arabs and Berbers, but there were other tribal communities spread throughout the provinces and the Sahara. After the French Revolution and the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, the French Republichad bought 8 million francs worth of grain from the Algerians. That was to be...
Algerian Nationalism
The first expressions of Algerian nationalism started with the revolt of an Algerian chief, Emir Abdelkader, against French colonial rule in the 1830s. It was only a stubborn and unsuccessful opposition, Abdelkader's defence of his country can be seen as the first step to an eventual nationalist identity. It was, however, by no means the end of the resistance to the French presence in Algeria since outbreaks of armed rebellion continued throughout the 19th century. The Kabyles in the mountain...
Effects of French colonialism on Algeria
French colonialism had a devastating effect on lives of Algerians. By World War I, the number of settlers from France and other European countries, mostly from Italy, Spain, and Malta, reached 800,000 in a native population of 4.5-5 million. About half of the European settlers were working-class wageearners. Their standard of living was in general lower than that of their equivalents in Metropolitan France but much higher than that of Algerians. French settlers took possession of 6 millions a...
Beginning of hostilities
On November 1 1954, the FLN started the struggle for national independence in Algeria and declared war on France. Algerian armed troops revolted in several places and were supported by Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918-1970), who promoted Arab nationalism and decolonisationthroughout Africa. In the beginning, it was mainly a guerrilla war in which Algerian maquisards (guerrillas) attacked French settlers. The FLN called on Muslims in Algeria to unite and join in a national struggle...
Battle of Algiers
Meanwhile, as a way to draw attention to its struggle, the FLN began to target urban areas and larger cities. On September 30 1956, the Battle of Algiers had begun by three women allied with the FLN simultaneously placing bombs in public places in Algiers, including an Air France terminus and a popular bar for pieds-noirs.Both sides fought against each other: Algerian nationalists bombed and waged guerrilla warfare, and in turn,the French repeatedly tortured and murdered Algerian prisoners. F...
Immediately after Algerian independence, a massive outflow started. About 650,000 people left Algeria, most of them withdrawing to France. Over the time span of four months, the total refugee population equalled five years of former migration waves during French colonisation. The sudden migration occurred during the period between the Évian Agreeme...
- 1 November 1954-19 March 1962
- Independence of Algeria from France
- Algeria
This is a list of wars involving the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria and its predecessor states. Algerian defeat. Algerian victory. Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive) Zayyanid Sultanate (1235–1556)
The Algerian Civil War (Arabic: الحرب الأهلية الجزائرية), known in Algeria as the Black Decade (Arabic: العشرية السوداء, French: La décennie noire), [17] was a civil war fought between the Algerian government and various Islamist rebel groups from 11 January 1992 (following a coup negating an ...
A Guerra de Independência Argelina, também conhecida como Revolução Argelina ou Guerra da Argélia (em árabe: الثورة الجزائرية Ath-Thawra Al-Jazā’iriyya; em francês: Guerre d'Algérie ), foi um movimento de libertação nacional da Argélia do domínio francês, que tomou curso entre 1954 e 1962.
The Algerian War of Independence was a series of uprisings and guerrilla warfare by Algerian Nationalists against the French administration and army, the pied-noir community of European descent, and pro-French Muslim militias .
The Sétif and Guelma massacre in 1945 catalysed local resistance that culminated in the outbreak of the Algerian War in 1954. Algeria gained its independence in 1962. The country descended into a bloody civil war from 1991 to 2002.
