French forces kill Larbi Ben M’hidi in custody

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....

French paratroopers arrested Larbi Ben M’hidi, a central FLN leader, during the Battle of Algiers. He was interrogated in military custody and later killed extrajudicially. French authorities...

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,...