Decolonization of Africa · SITE OF MEMORY ·
Philippeville massacre (1955)
On the Decolonization of Africa map as “Philippeville”
20 Aug 1955 — An FLN attack on European civilians and the massive French reprisal that follows — thousands killed — end any middle ground in Algeria. Terror and counter-terror harden into a war without mercy. Remember the dead of both.
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- Algerian War (chapter 4 of Decolonization of Africa)
- Atlas
- The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994
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