Algerian War of Independence

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anti-colonial conflict independence war war

The Algerian War of Independence was a major mid-20th-century anti-colonial conflict in which Algerian nationalists fought against French rule, ultimately leading to Algeria’s independence in 1962.

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Label Occurrences
Algerian War of Independence canonical 40
Algerian War 37
Algerian Revolution 3

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-colonial conflict ⓘ
independence war ⓘ
war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
surface form: Algerian Revolution

Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
surface form: Algerian War

Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
surface form: Algerian War of Liberation
cause Algerian nationalism ⓘ
French colonial rule in Algeria ⓘ
failure of reforms to grant equality and autonomy ⓘ
political and economic discrimination against Muslim Algerians ⓘ
civilianImpact widespread displacement of Algerian population ⓘ
combatant Algerian nationalist guerrillas ⓘ
National Liberation Front ⓘ
surface form: Armée de Libération Nationale

French Army ⓘ
National Gendarmerie ⓘ
surface form: French Gendarmerie

Harkis ⓘ
National Liberation Front ⓘ
Organisation armée secrète ⓘ
endDate 1962-07-05 ⓘ
estimatedDeaths hundreds of thousands of people ⓘ
independenceDeclared 1962-07-05 ⓘ
involvedTactic collective punishment ⓘ
counter-insurgency operations ⓘ
guerrilla warfare ⓘ
urban terrorism ⓘ
use of torture ⓘ
legalOutcome Evian Accords ⓘ
surface form: Evian Accords of 1962
mainBelligerent National Liberation Front ⓘ
surface form: Armée de Libération Nationale

French Army ⓘ
French Republic ⓘ
National Liberation Front ⓘ
opponent French authorities ⓘ
surface form: French colonial authorities

French colonists ⓘ
surface form: French settlers in Algeria
partOf Cold War era conflicts ⓘ
decolonization of Africa ⓘ
place Algeria ⓘ
French Algeria ⓘ
Metropolitan France ⓘ
politicalConsequence collapse of the French Fourth Republic ⓘ
creation of the French Fifth Republic ⓘ
establishment of independent Algerian state ⓘ
return to power of Charles de Gaulle ⓘ
predecessorEvent Sétif and Guelma massacre of 1945 ⓘ
relatedIdeology Algerian nationalism ⓘ
French colonialism ⓘ
anti-colonialism ⓘ
relatedOrganization National Liberation Front ⓘ
surface form: Front de Libération Nationale

Organisation armée secrète ⓘ
result Algerian independence ⓘ
Evian Accords ⓘ
departure of many pro-French Algerians (Harkis) ⓘ
end of French rule in Algeria ⓘ
mass exodus of European settlers from Algeria ⓘ
significantEvent Algiers putsch of 1961 ⓘ
Algerian War of Independence self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Algiers

May 1958 crisis in France ⓘ
Philippeville massacre ⓘ
Sétif and Guelma aftermath-related repression ⓘ
Toussaint Rouge ⓘ
signing of the Evian Accords ⓘ
startDate 1954-11-01 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Algeria → independenceEvent → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
Algeria → historicalEvent → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Algerian War (1954–1962)
French Army → engagedIn → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Algerian War
Algiers → historicalEvent → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
French North Africa → decolonizationEvent → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
Algerian War of Independence → alsoKnownAs → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Algerian War
Algerian War of Independence → alsoKnownAs → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Algerian Revolution
Algerian War of Independence → alsoKnownAs → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Algerian War of Liberation
Algerian War of Independence → significantEvent → Algerian War of Independence self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Algiers
French Fifth Republic → reasonForEstablishment → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Algerian crisis of 1958
French conquest of Algeria → followedBy → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
French Fourth Republic → reasonForReplacement → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Algerian War crisis
French Fourth Republic → involvedIn → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
French Foreign Legion → historicalEngagement → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Algerian War
French Union → significantEvent → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
Kassaman → adoptedAfter → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
Kassaman → politicalContext → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Algerian Revolution
French Fusiliers Marins → notableEngagement → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Algerian War
French Naval Aviation → conflictParticipatedIn → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Algerian War
Médaille militaire → usedInConflict → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Algerian War
North American F-100 Super Sabre → usedInConflict → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Algerian War
North American T-28 Trojan → usedInConflict → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Algerian War
Paris Echo → settingTime → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Algerian War
Guy Mollet → notableEvent → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Algerian War
Guy Mollet → participatedIn → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Algerian War
French Algeria → endCause → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
French Algeria → conflict → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Algerian War
Marine Troops (Troupes de marine) → engagedIn → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
subject surface form: Troupes de marine
this entity surface form: Algerian War
Foreign Legion → historicalConflict → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Algerian War
Jean-Paul Sartre → opposedTo → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Algerian War
French Fourragere → associatedConflict → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Algerian War
Gaullism → historicalContext → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Algerian War
Assia Djebar → mainTheme → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
Frantz Fanon → supportedCause → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
Kabylie → historicalEvent → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
National Liberation Front → significantEvent → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
National Liberation Front → conflict → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Algerian War
National Liberation Front → conflict → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
Toussaint Rouge → conflict → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
Toussaint Rouge → hasCause → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Algerian struggle for independence
Philippeville massacre → partOf → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
Philippeville massacre → conflict → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Algerian War
May 1958 crisis in France → mainCause → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Algerian War
May 1958 crisis in France → relatedTo → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
Algiers putsch of 1961 → conflict → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Algerian War
signing of the Evian Accords → partOf → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Algerian War
signing of the Evian Accords → conflictEnded → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
Organisation armée secrète → activeIn → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Algerian War
Harkis → conflict → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
Harkis → conflict → Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Algerian War