1954 – 1962
France's bloodiest decolonization struggle, the Algerian War pitted the FLN independence movement against 400,000 French troops in a brutal eight-year conflict marked by guerrilla warfare, systematic torture, and the displacement of millions. When the Évian Accords ended the fighting in 1962, an independent Algeria emerged — but at the cost of up to one million Algerian lives, the exile of one million French settlers, and a trauma that still reverberates in both nations today.
Chapter-by-chapter narrative with maps, primary sources, and key events.
Explore battles on a live map with a timeline slider and territory overlays.
Deep-dive into every major engagement — commanders, casualties, significance.
Biographical flip cards with real portraits, facts, and full biography pages.
Trace each figure's full life journey — birth, education, battles, and death — on a live map.
Scroll-driven visualization of casualties — each dot a thousand lives.
Weapons, war machines, and the military innovations that defined how this conflict was fought.
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.
France's bloodiest decolonization struggle, the Algerian War pitted the FLN independence movement against 400,000 French troops in a brutal eight-year conflict marked by guerrilla warfare, systematic torture, and the displacement of millions. When the Évian Accords ended the fighting in 1962, an independent Algeria emerged — but at the cost of up to one million Algerian lives, the exile of one million French settlers, and a trauma that still reverberates in both nations today.
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.