The Algerian War was fought between France and the National Liberation Front, the FLN, which sought independence for Algeria, then ruled as part of France and home to a large European settler population. It began with a series of attacks across the country on All Saints' Day. The conflict involved guerrilla warfare, urban bombings, and a brutal French counterinsurgency that included torture, as in the Battle of Algiers. The war brought down the Fourth Republic and returned Charles de Gaulle to power in 1958. After the Evian Accords, Algeria became independent in 1962, and hundreds of thousands of settlers and Algerians who had fought with France left for France.
Before and after
- 29 September 1954Founding of CERN
- 29 September 1954Birth of Masoud Pezeshkian
- 23 October 1954Birth of Ang Lee
- from 23 October 1954 to 30 June 2011Founding of Western European Union
- from 1 November 1954 to 9 September 1962Algerian War
- 3 November 1954Death of Henri Matisse
- 8 November 1954Birth of Kazuo Ishiguro
- 11 November 1954Publication of The Two Towers
- 14 November 1954Birth of Condoleezza Rice
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