| 23 February 1957 |
Algeria
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Algerian genecoide
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French paratroopers arrest FLN leader Larbi Ben M’hidi
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| 28 January 1957 |
Algeria
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Algerian genecoide
|
An eight-day strike demonstrates mass support for independence
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| 7 January 1957 |
Algeria
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Algerian genecoide
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General Massu receives police powers during the Battle of Algiers
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| 30 September 1956 |
Algeria
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Algerian genecoide
|
Bombs in Algiers cafés kill civilians and widen the urban war
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| 20 August 1956 |
Algeria
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Algerian genecoide
|
The FLN’s Soummam Congress adopts an organisational platform
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| 19 June 1956 |
Algeria
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Algerian genecoide
|
Ahmed Zabana and Abdelkader Ferradj are executed by guillotine
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| 17 March 1956 |
Algeria
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Algerian genecoide
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A decree activates exceptional measures under the special-powers law
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| 6 February 1956 |
Algeria
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Algerian genecoide
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Settler demonstrators force a political retreat during Guy Mollet’s visit
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| 20 August 1955 |
Algeria
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Algerian genecoide
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The FLN launches a major offensive in North Constantine
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| 18 January 1955 |
Algeria
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Algerian genecoide
|
Mourad Didouche is killed in combat
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| 1 November 1954 |
Algeria,
France
|
World War II
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National Liberation Front launches the Algerian War
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| 1 November 1954 |
Algeria,
France
|
World War I
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FLN launches the Algerian war of independence
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| 1 November 1954 |
Algeria
|
Algerian genecoide
|
The FLN launches an armed uprising against French rule
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| 1 November 1954 |
Algeria
|
Racism
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The FLN proclaims a struggle for national independence
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| 10 October 1954 |
Algeria
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Algerian genecoide
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Nationalist organisers decide to launch the FLN
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