At War for Algeria(2022)
DocumentaryWar & Politics
First Air Date: 2022-02-22
Average Runtime: N/A
Rating: 7.0
Votes: 4
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 6
North Africa, 1954. The Algerian war of independence begins, a traumatic and extremely violent catastrophe that for eight long years will shake and finally overthrow the foundations of the colonial regime established by France in 1830.
Keywords
algiers, algeria1950s1960spolitical repressionalgerian war (1954-62)state crimesafrican historyfrench historydecolonizationfrench algeriaalgerian historypieds-noirsfln (algerian national liberation front)harkis
Seasons & Episodes
Miniseries
Episodes: 6E01
End of Empire
Air Date: 2022-02-22
Aurès region, Algeria, November 1, 1954. Brahim, a bus driver, witnesses the assassination of two passengers. This at...
E02
Popular Uprising
Air Date: 2022-02-22
Summary executions, torture, raids, displacement of populations. In the name of so-called pacification, France violen...
E03
Terror and Guerrilla Warfare
Air Date: 2022-02-22
Repression is not enough. France tries to “conquer souls and hearts” by entrusting social missions to the SAS (Specia...
E04
The Return of Charles de Gaulle
Air Date: 2022-02-22
Due to the crisis of May 13, 1958, General De Gaulle returns to power. On June 4, 1958, in Algiers, De Gaulle says to...
E05
Algerian Algeria!
Air Date: 2022-02-22
On September 16, 1959, General de Gaulle proclaims Algeria's right to self-determination. The MNA is delighted to fin...
E06
Independence
Air Date: 2022-02-22
The Algerian victory in the referendum exasperates part of the army and the Algerian French. The most radical support...
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