At War for Algeria

Name: At War for Algeria
Genre: Documentary, War & Politics
Released: 2022-02-22
Rating: 7
Cast: Lyna Khoudri, Omar Yami, Cyrille Beller, Raphaëlle Branche, Xavier Lemarchand

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DocumentaryWar & Politics

Creator:Raphaëlle Branche,Rafael Lewandowski

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.

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Details

Original TitleEn guerre(s) pour l'Algérie

StatusEnded

First AiredFebruary 22, 2022

Last AiredFebruary 22, 2022

Seasons1

Episodes6

TypeMiniseries

Origin CountryFrance

Original LanguageFrench

Spoken Languagesالعربية, English, Français

Keywords

algiers, algeria 1950s 1960s political repression algerian war (1954-62)state crimes african history french history decolonization french algeria algerian history pieds-noirs fln (algerian national liberation front)harkis

Production Companies

BBC News Arabic

Networks

Last Episode

S1 E6 • 2/22/2022

Independence

The Algerian victory in the referendum exasperates part of the army and the Algerian French. The most radical supporters of French Algeria found the OAS (Organization of the Secret Army), which commits attacks and grows stronger after the failure of the coup d'état of April 1961. The Algerian population remains mobilized; but De Gaulle refuses to cede the Sahara, rich in gas and oil and recent scene of the first French nuclear tests. In Paris, the peaceful march of October 17 becomes a massacre. Following negotiations between France and the GPRA, which conclude with the Evian agreements, a cease-fire comes into effect on March 19, 1962. The Algerian French, the soldiers and the harkis leave the country in haste.