✦ History

Part of Algerian War of Independence

Battle of Algiers (1956–1957)

January 7 – October 8, 1957 · Battle of Algiers (1956–1957)

Result French victory

French paratroops under Massu broke the FLN network in Algiers, using torture widely.

On the map Contemporaries

France

FLN

France
National Liberation Front (Algeria)
Jacques Massu military commander Marcel Maurice Bigeard military commander Yves Godard military commander Paul Aussaresses military commander
Benyoucef Benkhedda military commander Abane Ramdane military commander Krim Belkacem military commander Larbi Ben M'hidi military commander

Strength and losses

Killed
300
Wounded
900
Strength
5,000
Casualties
3,000

Units

10th Parachute Division (France) 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment
National Liberation Army (Algeria)