Episode 1: The conflagration (03/03/1955 – 13/05/1958)

2022-03-18T04:29:03.395Z

In the Constantinois region of Algeria, the National Liberation Front launched a series of attacks to claim the sovereignty of the Algerian state. Destabilized by the conflict, the government of Pierre Mendès-France was forced to resign on March 3, 1955. But the change of power did not appease anything. The replacement of the Governor General of Algeria Jacques Soustelle by the much more moderate General Catroux even arouses the anger of the Pieds Noirs who welcome the new President of the Council Guy Mollet with boos, throwing tomatoes, stones and all kinds of projectiles. Then, it is the conflagration. The fighting extended to the entire territory of Algeria, the reporters Charles Zannettacci and Charles Finaltéri were at the heart of the war, alongside the recalled soldiers, witnesses of terrible attacks in the heart of cities. The FLN grows, the French army hunts down its members and its leaders, responds to the attacks with violent reprisals. After the arrest of several FLN leaders including Ben Bella, the President of the Federation of Algerian Mayors Amédée Froger is assassinated: his funeral turns into a riot. Violence becomes daily in Algiers. In 1957, the 10th parachute division led by General Massu, tried to dismantle the FLN and put an end to it: it was the battle of Algiers. It does not end the war. Guy Mollet is replaced by Pierre Pflimlin in Paris, while in Algiers three French prisoners are killed by the FLN. The French of Algeria demonstrate and storm the General Government of Algeria. A civil and military Committee of Public Safety is constituted in Algiers. the French army hunts down its members and its leaders, responds to the attacks with violent reprisals. After the arrest of several FLN leaders including Ben Bella, the President of the Federation of Algerian Mayors Amédée Froger is assassinated: his funeral turns into a riot. Violence becomes daily in Algiers. In 1957, the 10th parachute division led by General Massu, tried to dismantle the FLN and put an end to it: it was the battle of Algiers. It does not end the war. Guy Mollet is replaced by Pierre Pflimlin in Paris, while in Algiers three French prisoners are killed by the FLN. The French of Algeria demonstrate and storm the General Government of Algeria. A civil and military Committee of Public Safety is constituted in Algiers. the French army hunts down its members and its leaders, responds to the attacks with violent reprisals. After the arrest of several FLN leaders including Ben Bella, the President of the Federation of Algerian Mayors Amédée Froger is assassinated: his funeral turns into a riot. Violence becomes daily in Algiers. In 1957, the 10th parachute division led by General Massu, tried to dismantle the FLN and put an end to it: it was the battle of Algiers. It does not end the war. Guy Mollet is replaced by Pierre Pflimlin in Paris, while in Algiers three French prisoners are killed by the FLN. The French of Algeria demonstrate and storm the General Government of Algeria. A civil and military Committee of Public Safety is constituted in Algiers. responded to the attacks with violent reprisals. After the arrest of several FLN leaders including Ben Bella, the President of the Federation of Algerian Mayors Amédée Froger is assassinated: his funeral turns into a riot. Violence becomes daily in Algiers. In 1957, the 10th parachute division led by General Massu, tried to dismantle the FLN and put an end to it: it was the battle of Algiers. It does not end the war. Guy Mollet is replaced by Pierre Pflimlin in Paris, while in Algiers three French prisoners are killed by the FLN. The French of Algeria demonstrate and storm the General Government of Algeria. A civil and military Committee of Public Safety is constituted in Algiers. responded to the attacks with violent reprisals. After the arrest of several FLN leaders including Ben Bella, the President of the Federation of Algerian Mayors Amédée Froger is assassinated: his funeral turns into a riot. Violence becomes daily in Algiers. In 1957, the 10th parachute division led by General Massu, tried to dismantle the FLN and put an end to it: it was the battle of Algiers. It does not end the war. Guy Mollet is replaced by Pierre Pflimlin in Paris, while in Algiers three French prisoners are killed by the FLN. The French of Algeria demonstrate and storm the General Government of Algeria. A civil and military Committee of Public Safety is constituted in Algiers. the President of the Federation of Mayors of Algeria Amédée Froger is assassinated: his funeral turns into a riot. Violence becomes daily in Algiers. In 1957, the 10th parachute division led by General Massu, tried to dismantle the FLN and put an end to it: it was the battle of Algiers. It does not end the war. Guy Mollet is replaced by Pierre Pflimlin in Paris, while in Algiers three French prisoners are killed by the FLN. The French of Algeria demonstrate and storm the General Government of Algeria. A civil and military Committee of Public Safety is constituted in Algiers. the President of the Federation of Mayors of Algeria Amédée Froger is assassinated: his funeral turns into a riot. Violence becomes daily in Algiers. In 1957, the 10th parachute division led by General Massu, tried to dismantle the FLN and put an end to it: it was the battle of Algiers. It does not end the war. Guy Mollet is replaced by Pierre Pflimlin in Paris, while in Algiers three French prisoners are killed by the FLN. The French of Algeria demonstrate and storm the General Government of Algeria. A civil and military Committee of Public Safety is constituted in Algiers. it is the battle of Algiers. It does not end the war. Guy Mollet is replaced by Pierre Pflimlin in Paris, while in Algiers three French prisoners are killed by the FLN. The French of Algeria demonstrate and storm the General Government of Algeria. A civil and military Committee of Public Safety is constituted in Algiers. it is the battle of Algiers. It does not end the war. Guy Mollet is replaced by Pierre Pflimlin in Paris, while in Algiers three French prisoners are killed by the FLN. The French of Algeria demonstrate and storm the General Government of Algeria. A civil and military Committee of Public Safety is constituted in Algiers.