French paratroopers arrest FLN leader Larbi Ben M’hidi

Delegates 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....

Bombs placed by FLN militants in the Milk Bar and Cafétéria in Algiers killed and injured civilians, including European settlers. These attacks targeted public places and must be named as violence...

French authorities intercepted and forced the landing of a civilian Moroccan aircraft carrying Ahmed Ben Bella, Mohamed Boudiaf, Hocine Aït Ahmed, Mohamed Khider, and Mostefa Lacheraf. The five...

French authorities transferred policing powers over Algiers to General Jacques Massu and the 10th Parachute Division. The military campaign used mass arrests, torture, forced disappearance, and...

The FLN called a general strike that began on 28 January during the United Nations debate on Algeria. Many Algerians closed shops and withdrew from public life despite threats and military coercion....

Larbi Ben M’hidi was killed by French forces after being held in custody; the death was disguised as suicide. His killing was part of a wider pattern of torture, disappearance, and extrajudicial...

FLN 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...

French paratroopers arrested Maurice Audin, a mathematician at the University of Algiers and member of the Algerian Communist Party. He disappeared in military custody after torture. Authorities...

French paratroopers detonated explosives in a building in the Casbah where Ali Ammar, known as Ali la Pointe, and other FLN members were hiding. The blast killed Hassiba Ben Bouali, Mahmoud Bouhamidi,...