Organisation armée secrète (OAS)

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The Organisation armée secrète (OAS) was a far-right French paramilitary group that used terrorism in an attempt to prevent Algerian independence during the Algerian War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French clandestine organization
far-right paramilitary organization
activeIn Algeria NERFINISHED
metropolitan France NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs OAS NERFINISHED
classification terrorist group designated by French authorities
conflict Algerian War NERFINISHED
country France
dissolved 1962
formedFrom French settlers in Algeria
dissident elements of French Army in Algeria
founded 1961
historicalPeriod late phase of Algerian War
ideology French nationalism
anti-communism
colonialism
far-right nationalism
opposition to Algerian independence
inspired later far-right militant groups in France
language French
leader Edmond Jouhaud NERFINISHED
Jean-Jacques Susini NERFINISHED
Pierre Lagaillarde NERFINISHED
Raoul Salan NERFINISHED
legalStatus illegal organization
motto L’Algérie est française et le restera
notableAttack 1961 attempted assassination of Charles de Gaulle at Pont-sur-Seine
1962 Petit-Clamart assassination attempt on Charles de Gaulle NERFINISHED
attacks on pro-independence Algerian civilians
bomb attacks in Algiers
notableFor violent opposition to decolonization in Algeria
opposed Algerian independence
Évian Accords NERFINISHED
opposedBy French government of Charles de Gaulle NERFINISHED
French security services
National Liberation Front NERFINISHED
politicalPosition pro-French Algeria
ultranationalist
targeted Algerian civilians
French intellectuals
French officials
journalists
supporters of Algerian independence
usedMethod assassination
bombings
guerrilla warfare
sabotage
terrorism

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National Liberation Front (FLN) primaryOpposingForce Organisation armée secrète (OAS)