Pierre Mendès France
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Pierre Isaac Isidore Mendès France was a French politician who served as prime minister of France for eight months from 1954 to 1955. As a member of the Radical Party, he headed a government supported
Mendès France in 1948
Mendès France in 1932
Mendès France, against the Algerian War during a PSU meeting in January 1962.
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
Pierre Mendès France
…and liberal-conservatives (CNIP). Pierre-Mendès France is primarily remembered as the French Prime Minister who was in office at the outbreak of the Algerian independence war in 1954. During his tenure, France initiated close military cooperation with Israel, selling arms and aircraft to the young state. Mendès-France laid…
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