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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 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 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.
The civilian authorities relinquished control to the military during the Battle of Algiers from January to October 1957. 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.
Battle of Algiers (1956–1957), during the Algerian War The Battle of Algiers , a 1966 Italian-Algerian film about the battle Topics referred to by the same term
Battle of Algiers Ali Ammar ( Arabic : علي عمار ; 14 May 1930 – 8 October 1957), better known by his nom de guerre Ali la Pointe , was an Algerian militant and prominent revolutionary and guerilla figure of the Algerian War .
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]
In August 1956, Ben M'hidi handed over Oran to Abdelhafid Boussouf and assumed command in Algiers, as he was given the responsibility after the election for launching the Battle of Algiers. [11] On 30 September 1956, he began a campaign of bombing attacks targeting Europeans. [18] In January 1957, he suggested the idea of an insurrectional strike.