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Why France lost even when it won battles

France’s war in Algeria exposed the limits of empire and the cost of control. Counter-insurgency blurred into collective ...
The Algerian parliament’s approval of a draft criminalising French colonialism in Algeria continues to generate debate in ...
The Algerian War of Independence wasn’t just a rebellion—it was a turning point for modern warfare and colonial rule. France fought to hold onto Algeria at all costs, while insurgents used tactics ...
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ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — A dispute over the fate of 60 Algerians that France hopes to deport has deepened a rupture between the countries that has approached a historic low over the past year.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot told reporters that France would 'respond immediately, firmly, and in a manner proportionate to the harm it is doing to our interests' — Lou BENOIST France's ...
PARIS, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Nearly 50 years after Algeria won independence from France, the unhealed wounds of the war of decolonisation keep wrenching at French society and could play a key role in the ...