1954 – 1962
The Algerian War was an anticolonial war and internal struggle that ended 132 years of French rule. The FLN fought French forces and Algerian rivals while France deployed conscripts, police, auxiliaries, mass internment, forced resettlement, collective punishment, disappearance, and systematic torture; the FLN also attacked civilians and alleged collaborators, and the pro-French OAS waged terror near the end. The conflict destabilized the French Fourth Republic and led to de Gaulle’s return. The 1962 Évian agreements and referendum produced independence, followed by the mass departure of European settlers and deadly reprisals against many harkis. Claims of one million Algerian dead are commemorative and disputed; scholarly estimates are often lower, and all categories remain politically charged.
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Cause-and-effect chains tracing the war's long shadow on history.
War crimes, massacres, and the darkest chapters of this conflict — documented for history.
The Algerian War was an anticolonial war and internal struggle that ended 132 years of French rule. The FLN fought French forces and Algerian rivals while France deployed conscripts, police, auxiliaries, mass internment, forced resettlement, collective punishment, disappearance, and systematic torture; the FLN also attacked civilians and alleged collaborators, and the pro-French OAS waged terror near the end. The conflict destabilized the French Fourth Republic and led to de Gaulle’s return. The 1962 Évian agreements and referendum produced independence, followed by the mass departure of European settlers and deadly reprisals against many harkis. Claims of one million Algerian dead are commemorative and disputed; scholarly estimates are often lower, and all categories remain politically charged.
Algerian War of Independence was fought from 1954 to 1962.
Algerian War of Independence was fought between FLN / ALN and France.
An estimated 478,600 people died in Algerian War of Independence, including roughly 175,600 military and 303,000 civilian deaths. Figures are scholarly estimates and vary by source.
Major engagements included Sétif and Guelma Massacres, Philippeville Massacres, Battles of the Morice Line, and Battle of Algiers.