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.