The War in Algeria: A French soldier's experi...

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Sixty years after Algeria's independence from France, first-hand accounts of a traumatic 'birth of a nation': a female Algerian bomber who was part of the battle for Algiers; how the French military responded with brutal tactics; a massacre on the streets of Paris; and reprisa ...

It is 50 years since the end of French colonial rule in Algeria.It came after a bloody and brutal war for independence.Hear the story of one young woman who joined the fight against France and paid a high price for her beliefs.(Image: An Algerian flag. Credit: Reuters) 

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كانت العمليات التي ينفذها الثوار الجزائريون في تصاعد .. وكانت الخسائر في الأرواح بين الفرنسيين تتزايد منذ العام أربعة وخمسين تسعمائة وألف .. وكان المقاومون الجزائريون يركزون على العاصمة .. وتطورت الأوضاع إلى ما سيحتفظ به التاريح تحت اسم معركة الجزائر .. لم تحقق الوسائل العس ...  Show more