Algerian War
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The Algerian War, also known as the Algerian Revolution, the Franco-Algerian War, or the Algerian War of Independence, was an armed conflict between France and the Algerian National Liberation Front f
National Liberation Army soldiers, 1958
The Battle of Somah in 1836
The arrival of Marshal Randon in Algiers in 1857
Algerian rebel fighters in the mountains
French Algeria
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French Algeria, also known as Colonial Algeria, was a colony and later an integral part of France. French rule lasted from the beginning of the French conquest in 1830 until the end of the Algerian Wa
Algerian War
…crimes. The conflict also became a civil war between the different communities and within the communities. The war took place mainly on the territory of French Algeria, with repercussions in metropolitan France. Effectively started by members of the FLN on 1 November 1954, during the Toussaint Rouge ("Red All Saints…
Purchase of Christian slaves by French monks in Algiers in 1662
The attack of Admiral Duperré during the take-over of Algiers in 1830
Fighting at the gates of Algiers in 1830
Ornate Ottoman cannon, length: 385cm, cal:178mm, weight: 2910, stone projectile, founded 8 October 1581 in Algiers, seized by France at Algiers in 1830. Musée de l'Armée, Paris