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CRUA

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Algerian genecoide đź“Ť Algeria

CRUA

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Organization Timeline

The Revolutionary Committee of Unity and Action is formed

đź“… 23 March 1954

Nationalist activists formed the Comité révolutionnaire d’unité et d’action (CRUA) to overcome divisions and prepare an organised struggle for sovereignty. The committee drew on veterans of the MTLD...

Nationalist organisers decide to launch the FLN

đź“… 10 October 1954

A meeting of nationalist organisers resolved to transform the CRUA into the Front de libération nationale (FLN) and to begin an armed uprising on 1 November. The decision followed years of political...