Historical Organization
National Liberation Army
National Liberation Army
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Organization Timeline
The FLN launches an armed uprising against French rule
📅 1 November 1954Coordinated attacks and the FLN’s declaration marked the beginning of the war for independence. The uprising challenged French claims that Algeria was an integral part of France and demanded...
FLN launches the Algerian war of independence
đź“… 1 November 1954The National Liberation Front issued a proclamation and coordinated attacks across Algeria, calling for national independence and an end to French colonial rule. The uprising followed decades of...
National Liberation Front launches the Algerian War
đź“… 1 November 1954The FLN launched attacks across Algeria and issued a declaration calling for national independence and restoration of a sovereign Algerian state. France responded with expanding military repression....
Mourad Didouche is killed in combat
📅 18 January 1955Mourad Didouche, one of the FLN’s historic organisers and a commander in the northeast, was killed during a French military operation. His death demonstrated the risks faced by the movement’s early...
The FLN launches a major offensive in North Constantine
đź“… 20 August 1955The FLN and allied villagers attacked police, military, and settler targets in North Constantine in an effort to break the image of a contained rebellion and draw attention to Algeria internationally....
The FLN’s Soummam Congress adopts an organisational platform
📅 20 August 1956Delegates met in the Soummam Valley and adopted a platform that strengthened the revolution’s political and military organisation, established national bodies, and divided the country into wilayas....
FLN forces massacre villagers associated with the rival MNA
📅 28 May 1957FLN fighters attacked villagers in the Melouza area, many of whom were associated with Messali Hadj’s rival Mouvement national algérien (MNA). The killings formed part of violent competition between...