Algerian War
War of independence that ended French Algeria and became a defining conflict of decolonization.
Historical overview
Overview adapted from a Wikipedia summary and stored locally on May 11, 2026.
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 (FLN) from 1954 to 1962, which led to Algeria winning its independence from France. An important decolonization war, it was a complex conflict characterized by guerrilla warfare and 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.
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Early Cold War and decolonization
Cold War blocs emerge while Asian and African decolonization creates new sovereign states.
Korea is divided after war. Israel and neighboring armistice lines reshape the Levant. Algeria's war signals the end of French North Africa.