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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.
20 hours ago · Algiers also played a pivotal role in the Algerian War (1954–1962), particularly during the Battle of Algiers when the 10th Parachute Division of the French Army, starting on January 7, 1957, and on the orders of the French Minister of Justice François Mitterrand (who authorized any means "to eliminate the insurrectionists ...
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.
1 day ago · History of the Regency of Algiers includes political, economic and military events in the Regency of Algiers from its founding in 1516 to the French invasion of 1830. The Regency of Algiers was a largely independent tributary state of the Ottoman Empire.
1 day ago · "The Battle of Algiers" (1966) provides a gripping portrayal of the Algerian struggle for independence from French colonial rule. Its realistic, newsreel style had a profound impact on audiences and inspired political discourse worldwide.
5 days ago · That it would be spared the aims of a party whose original founder when it was the Front National, Jean-Marie Le Pen, was a paratrooper in the battle of Algiers (1957), who was also implicated in ...
