Algerian War of Independence 1954-1962 - Cold War DOCUMENTARY

Our historical documentary series on the history of the Cold War continues with a video on the Algerian War of 1954-1962 also known as Algerian Revolution or the Algerian War of Independence, as France and the Algerian National Liberation Front fought to decide the fate of Algeria.

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[hichemahmedsista]

Proud that my grandfather died fighting for his country . Long live Algeria 🇩🇿

[ramzimohamed]

38 members of my family died in this war. our elders talked about how cruel it was and im so proud of them .

[يونساليمان]

The number of Algerians who were killed in the massacres of May 8, 1945 was 45, 000 according to French statistics or 90, 000 according to American statistics. In fact, France promised to give independence to Algeria, but after its victory in World War II, it broke the promise.

[helloworld]

Last year I watched the movie "The Battle of Algiers", which is about this war. Highly recommended.

[theawesomeman]

True fact! The Vietnamese are the Algerians biggest cheerleaders!

[alexv]

"The war even collapsed an entire French Republic." Not exactly as high bar as one might expect

[dzdz]

Long live Algeria my country and the country of my father and the country of my grandfathers who fought like brave men for our freedom ✌️🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇩🇿🇩🇿🇵🇸

[shatterquartz]

The status of French Algeria was utterly hypocritical. On the one hand Algeria was officially not a colony but an integral part of France; yet on the ground it lived under a de facto apartheid regime, in which a minority of settler colonists confiscated all wealth and political power, and the majority of the population was not granted citizenship rights. Eventually the contradiction had to blow up, and blow up it did. The Pieds-Noirs were essentially the French Afrikaners.

[manelbarat]

Glory to our martyrs and always freedom and peace to my beloved Algeria 🇩🇿

[madizo]

As an Algerian, I am honoured to have this being an actual video here. Algérie Algérienne !🇩🇿

[hibahiba]

The price of our freedom was a heavy one 💔 glory to our martyrs. Long live Algeria 🇩🇿

[igorzkoppt]

I know that part of History very well, and I am really impressed at how you managed to summarise clearly such a complex story, in just half an hour. Excellent work!

[همامطارق-سذ]

My grandfather was one of the men who fought in this war, and he was arrested in the prison camps. He is now paralyzed as a result of torture in the prison camps. He told me many stories about what happened in those prison camps. The Algerians have never and will never forget what France did to their grandfathers, and a day will come when we will be held accountable.

[orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft]

My grandfather was drafted into this war, he spent most of it guarding the border with Tunisia. He was always really sad when talking about it, and always regretted the matter couldn't be settled peacefully.

[paulfrank]

It's kind of insane to me that the French people (not all but many of them nonetheless), after having suffered harshly under Nazi occupation, did not collectively think that maybe their colonial subjects went through a similar oppressive experience under the yoke of French imperialism. Such self-reflection could've led to a more peaceful process of decolinization that would have saved countless lives and money. Rules for thee, but not for me is a cliché that comes to mind when thinking of this brutal war from the French perspective.

[Wkumar]

This is a fascinating independence struggle that few outside of France or Algeria understand or know of. I have read about this struggle shortly after my college years, but I have not thought about this war since then. Watching this video reminded me of the complexity or Cold War colonial politics.

[Jon.A.Scholt]

800 bombs per month in early 1957! That is insane; even a tenth of that rate today would be considered extreme. And for it to happen not across a country but instead all in one city makes even more staggering. I can't imagine how anybody could live under that constant fear knowing that simply walking by a cafe could end your life horrifically.

[zebraz]

I love these types of videos that show how each country gained their independence
(Note I’m talking about countries that gained their independence during the Cold War)

[kazakhdoge]

I think you should've touched 1961 Paris massacre of Algerians. While 200-400 dead protesters seems like a small death toll, compared to 1 million people dead in the Algerian war of independence, it was one of the most notable massacres in France as it was perpetuated by the French police and commanded by Maurice Papon, the chief of the police who was a Vichy collaborator responsible for the deportation of thousands of Jews to death camps.

[technetium]

Winning militarily and loosing politically will be a constant theme of the cold war