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A mixed division from Algeria of Muslim tirailleurs and white (pieds-noirs) zouaves [3] was one of the first to be exposed to chemical warfare on the Western Front during the Second Battle of Ypres. [4] An estimated 172,000 Algerian-born Muslims, both volunteers and conscripts, [5] fought for France in World War I, of which nearly 43,000 died. [1]
The Algerian War (also known as the Algerian Revolution or the Algerian War of Independence) [nb 1] was a major armed conflict between France and the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) from 1954 to 1962, which led to Algeria winning its independence from France. [29]
This is a list of conflicts in Algeria arranged chronologically from ancient to modern times. This list includes both nationwide and international types of war, including (but not limited to) the following: wars of independence , liberation wars , colonial wars , undeclared wars , proxy wars , territorial disputes , and world wars .
Military history of Algeria during World War II (1 C, 10 P) This page was last edited on 24 October 2024, at 00:28 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Much of the history of Algeria has taken place on the fertile coastal plain of North Africa, which is often called the Maghreb. North Africa served as a transit region for people moving towards Europe or the Middle East, thus, the region's inhabitants have been influenced by populations from other areas, including the Carthaginians , Romans ...
The American-Algerian War was a state of conflict which existed between the Regency of Algiers and the United States that lasted from 1785 to 1795. Occurring after the U.S. became independent from the British Empire as a result of the American Revolutionary War, Algiers declared war on the United States after realizing that American merchant shipping was no longer under the protection of the ...
Military history of Algeria by period (5 C) * Military operations involving Algeria (3 C, 7 P) A. Military history of Algiers (7 C, 11 P) Ambushes in Algeria (8 P) C.
After being structured as a politicized "people's army" in the Boumédiène era, and retaining its allegiance to the FLN during the one-party state years of Algerian history, the military forces were formally depoliticized in 1988, as a multi-party system was introduced. This, however, did not end military influence over Algerian politics.