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3 days ago · The most notable instance was the Battle of Algiers, which began on September 30, 1956, when three women, including Djamila Bouhired and Zohra Drif, simultaneously placed bombs at three sites including the downtown office of Air France.
3 days ago · Beginning in 1956 and continuing until the summer of the following year, the FLN attempted to paralyze the administration of Algiers through what has come to be known as the Battle of Algiers. Attacks by the FLN against both military and civilian European targets were countered by paratroopers led by General Jacques Massu.
1 day ago · The success of Torch caused Admiral François Darlan, commander of the Vichy French forces, who was in Algiers, to order co-operation with the Allies, in return for being installed as High Commissioner, with many other Vichy officials keeping their jobs.
Jun 16, 2024 · The Battle of Algiers (1966) is often considered one of the most important films in the history of cinema produced during the 1960s as well as a quintessential anticolonial film. This article analyzes the making of Gillo Pontecorvo's film and the cultural and political conditions that made The Battle of Algiers possible.
Jun 28, 2024 · The capital city that had been destroyed by French troops during the 1957 Battle of Algiers was now sheltering every aspiring revolutionist and exiled militant. In its streets brewed radical, subversive theories and hope for a new order led by a free, united Africa.
14 hours ago · World War II - Northwest Africa, 1942, Invasion: The amphibious landings for “Torch” were to be made on November 8 at three places in the vicinity of Casablanca and on beaches near Oran and near Algiers itself, under the supreme command of Major General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Jun 24, 2024 · Oliver Stone reacts to Gillo Pontecorvo's 1966 political masterpiece The Battle of Algiers.Source: Konbinihttps://www.youtube.com/@konbini
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