Algerian War of Independence

November 1, 1954 – March 19, 1962 · Algeria

Armed conflict between France and the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN), 1954-1962, ending with Algeria's independence. Opened by the FLN's Toussaint Rouge attacks on 1 November 1954, it was fought mainly as guerrilla warfare in Algeria, with repercussions in metropolitan France; it brought down France's Fourth Republic and ushered in the Fifth Republic.

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France

FLN

Other

France

National Liberation Front (Algeria)

Algeria

Charles de Gaulle belligerent leader

Pierre Mendès France belligerent leader

Guy Mollet belligerent leader

Jacques Massu military commander

Paul Aussaresses military commander

Raoul Salan military commander

Houari Boumédiène belligerent leader

Mohamed Boudiaf belligerent leader

Rabah Bitat belligerent leader

Ahmed Ben Bella belligerent leader

Ferhat Abbas belligerent leader

Krim Belkacem belligerent leader

Larbi Ben M'hidi belligerent leader

Didouche Mourad military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 3,000
Killed: 100
Wounded: 60,188

France Killed c. 18,000

Killed: c. 32,000

Units

French Air and Space Force Air Parachute Commando No. 10 French Army Abel Douay Divisional General Adolphe Guillaumat General of the Army Adrien Maurice de Noailles, 3rd Duke of Noailles Marshal of France Aimable Pélissier Marshal of France Anne of Romania Lieutenant Antoine Chanzy General Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot Divisional General Bernard Janvier Army General Burkhard Christoph von Münnich General Field Marshal Chadli Bendjedid Colonel Charles Auguste Frossard General Charles Denis Bourbaki Divisional General Charles François Dumouriez General Officer Appointed In Emigration Charles II d'Amboise Admiral Charles Leclerc Major General Charles Mast Divisional General Charles-Théodore Millot General Christian de Castries Brigadier General Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser Field Marshal Daniel Liénard de Beaujeu Donatien de Rochambeau General Ferdinand Foch Marshal of Poland Fernand de Langle de Cary General François Achille Bazaine General François Certain de Canrobert Marshal of France François Christophe de Kellermann General François Gaston de Lévis Marshal of France François-Marie Le Marchand de Lignery Colonel Frederick Townsend Ward Brigadier General Gabriel Ramanantsoa Divisional General Georges Blanchard Army General Georges Catroux Army General Henri Dentz General Henri Giraud General Henri Gouraud General Henri Navarre Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud Marshal of France Jacques Massu General James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick Jean Baptiste Kléber General Jean Boudet Divisional General Jean Erdman, Baron Dieskau Major General Jean François Carteaux Divisional General Jean-Jacques Uhrich General Jean-Joseph Farre Divisional General Jean-Marie Degoutte General Jean-Étienne Valluy General Joseph Gallieni General Joseph Joffre General Joseph Souham Divisional General Joseph Vinoy Divisional General Jules Gaucher Lieutenant Colonel Kléber Dadjo Lansana Conté General Louis Brière de l'Isle General Louis Charles Armand Fouquet, Chevalier de Belle-Isle Lieutenant General Louis Charles César Le Tellier, Duke of Estrées Marshal of France Louis Faidherbe Divisional General Louis Franchet d'Espèrey Marshal of France Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme General Louis d'Aurelle de Paladines General Louis-François de Boufflers Marshal of France Louis-Gabriel Suchet Marshal of the Empire Louis-Joseph de Montcalm Lieutenant General Louis-Nicolas Davout General Marcel Carpentier Army General Marcel Maurice Bigeard Marie-Pierre Kœnig Marshal of France Marquis de Lafayette Maurice Gamelin Generalissimo Maurice Sarrail General Maxime Weygand General Michel Roquejeoffre Army General Michel-Joseph Maunoury Marshal Nguyễn Văn Thiệu Lieutenant General Noël Jourda de Vaux Marshal of France Oscar de Négrier Divisional General Paul Aussaresses Brigadier General Paul Maistre Divisional General Paul Ély Army General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque Marshal of France Pierre Bosquet Divisional General Pierre Louis Charles de Failly Divisional General Pierre Philippe Denfert-Rochereau Colonel Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony General Raoul Salan Army General René Prioux General Robert Nivelle General Saye Zerbo Toussaint Louverture Ulrich Friedrich Woldemar von Löwendal General Yves Godard Colonel Élie Frédéric Forey Marshal of France Émile Fayolle General Étienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre Macdonald Marshal of France Jacques Chirac Second lieutenant · 1954–1957 Prince Henrik of Denmark Admiral · 1959–1962 5th Armored Division (France) 9th Motorized Division French Foreign Legion 10th Parachute Division (France) 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment

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14th Infantry Division (France) 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment Régiment de Chasse 2/30 Normandie-Niemen French Navy Alexandre Ferdinand Parseval-Deschenes Vice Admiral Amédée Courbet Admiral Armand Joseph Bruat Admiral Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais Charles Eugène Gabriel de La Croix Marshal of France Charles Rigault de Genouilly Admiral Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois Vice Admiral François Darlan Admiral François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers Admiral Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu Admiral Honoré Joseph Antoine Ganteaume Vice Admiral Jean Decoux Vice Admiral Jean-Baptiste Perrée Contre-amiral Jean-Marie Charles Abrial Vice Admiral Jean-Pierre Esteva Admiral Louis Adolphe Bonard Vice Admiral Marcel-Bruno Gensoul Admiral Sébastien Lespès Vice Admiral Édouard Guillaud Admiral

National Liberation Army (Algeria) Abd al-Qadir ibn Saleh Houari Boumédiène Colonel Krim Belkacem Colonel Liamine Zéroual General

Battles and events 7

Toussaint Rouge November 1, 1954
Philippeville massacre August 20–25, 1955
Battle of Algiers (1956–1957) January 7 – October 8, 1957 · French victory
Battle of Bouzegza August 12, 1957 · Algerian victory on 4 August French victory on 12 August
Bombing of Sakiet Sidi Youssef February 8, 1958
Challe Plan February 1, 1959 – April 1, 1961
Battle of Djebel Bouk'hil (1961) September 17–18, 1961 · FLN victory