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The Battle of Algiers [a] (also called the great repression of Algiers) [b] [5] was a campaign fought during the Algerian War.It consisted of urban guerrilla warfare and terrorist attacks carried out by the National Liberation Front (FLN) against the French authorities in Algiers, and by the French authorities, army, and French terrorist organizations against the FLN. [6]
The Battle of Algiers was inspired by the 1962 book Souvenirs de la Bataille d'Alger, an FLN military commander's account of the campaign, by Saadi Yacef. [7] Yacef wrote the book while he was held as a prisoner of the French, and it served to boost morale for the FLN and other militants.
The most widespread use of pseudo type operations was during the 'Battle of Algiers' in 1957. The principal French employer of covert agents in Algiers was the Fifth Bureau, the psychological warfare branch. "The Fifth Bureau" made extensive use of 'turned' FLN members, one such network being run by Captain Paul-Alain Leger of the 10th Paras.
Bombardment of Algiers (1816), during the Barbary slave trade; Invasion of Algiers (1830), during the French conquest of Algeria; Raid on Algiers, during World War II; Battle of Algiers, during World War II; Battle of Algiers (1956–1957), during the Algerian War The Battle of Algiers, a 1966 Italian-Algerian film about the battle
In late 1955, [10] Ali la Pointe was introduced to Yacef Saâdi, who was the deputy of Larbi Ben M'hidi, the head of the FLN for Algiers (aka Zone autonome d'Alger (autonomous zone of Algiers) during the Algerian War. [11] Yacef Saâdi "decided to test him", trusting him with the execution of a snitch on the evening of their meeting.
Thus, General Jacques Massu, commander of the 10th Parachute Division (10e DP), in charge during the Battle of Algiers, was to crush the insurgency by whatever means necessary. They threw hundreds of prisoners into the sea from the port of Algiers or by helicopter death flights. Since the corpses sometimes came back up to the surface, they ...
Yacef joined the FLN at the start of the Algerian War in 1954. By May 1956, he was the FLN's military chief of the Zone Autonome d'Alger (Autonomous Zone of Algiers), making him one of the leaders on the Algerian side in the Battle of Algiers. He was captured by French troops on 24 September 1957 and eventually sentenced to death. [4]
On 21 May, he returned to Algiers and three days later launched his attack. [1] The English launched several fire ships against the pirate ships, with flames being seen shooting up in no less than seven places amongst their rigging. [1] The English were low on ammunition and the Algerians took advantage of this, eventually driving off Mansell's ...