Battle of Algiers (1957)

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Battle of Algiers
Part of Algerian War
Date 30 September 1956 - 8 October 1957 Location Algiers, French Algeria Result French military victory FLN political victory
Belligerents
FLN	France
Commanders
Larbi Ben M'hidi † Saadi Yacef # Ali Ammar †	Jacques Massu Yves Godard
Strength
Unknown	6,000

v • d • e Algerian War Battle of Algiers – Algiers Putsch – Generals' Putsch  – Battle of Bab El Oued

The Battle of Algiers was a campaign of guerrilla warfare carried out by the National Liberation Front (FLN) against French rule. The conflict began as a series of hit-and-run attacks by the FLN against the French Police in Algiers. The violence escalated when the French government deployed the French Army in Algiers to suppress the FLN. The French army successfully eliminated the FLN from Algiers, but the methods used resulted in a backlash against French presence in Algeria and stimulated international support for the FLN.

[edit] Early Stages

The French Government set up road blocks and checkpoints around the casbah, however, many Pied-noir began to harass the Arabs and a few attacked the casbah. In retaliation, a trio of female FLN militants, Djamila, Zohra and Hassiba, carried out a series of bomb attacks on civilian locations.

[edit] Counter-Insurgency Operations

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