French Fifth Republic
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The French Fifth Republic is France's current republican system of government. It was established on 4 October 1958 by Charles de Gaulle under the Constitution of the Fifth Republic.
Charles de Gaulle (1890–1970) Served 1959–1969
Alain Poher (1909–1996) Served 1969, 1974 (as interim)
Georges Pompidou (1911–1974) Served 1969–1974
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1926–2020) Served 1974–1981
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
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…Algeria, such as European settlers, native Jews, and Harkis (native Muslims who were loyal to France), who wanted to maintain the union with France. The Algerian War was not just a separatist movement but had elements of a civil war. Further complications came when a section of the French Army rebelled and openly…
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