Events and Aftermaths

Overview and Aftermath
The Algerian Revolution was te effort of Algerians to gain an independant state ruled by themselves, not the French. The actual conflict that was the Algerian War Began in 1954 when the FLN began it’s armed resistance against French occupiers. In 1955 the FLN began terrorist Attacks against French civilians leading to the Philippeville Massacre, killing about one hundred French Settlers. The French Military and settler mobs responded by killing a larger number of Muslims and continueing to do so through the entire course of the conflict. In 1956 three women bombed targets around the city of Algiers and started the Battle of Algiers; after months of brutal fighting the French under general Jacques Massu won the city. The next major event in 1958 was the rise of  Charles de Gaulle, known as the Fall of the Fourth Republic. French citizens and soldiers hoped de Gaulle would bring a quick end to the war but surprisingly, he said that Algeria should have it’s independance. French settlers rioted and Military Officials in 1961 attempted to remove de Gaulle from power but failed. De Gaulle opened up negotiations with the FLN in 1962 and ended the war with the Evian Accords, granting Algerian Independence and ending the conflict between Algeria and France officially, although attacks against Muslims by French settlers continued for months after the conflict.

Aftermath Around the World
The effects of the Algerian War exposed Frances weakening Colonial Power around the world. The War resulted in the realization that Imperialism was finally coming to an end as power returned to the colonial territories