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6 unusual facts about Battle of Algiers


Ali La Pointe

In the film, The Battle of Algiers, he was portrayed by Brahim Hadjadj.

Battle of Agounennda

led his men personally on the field having returned from the Battle of Algiers only days before.

Hassiba Ben Bouali

Benbouali was depicted in the movie The Battle of Algiers by Italian director Gillo Pontecorvo.

In the 1957 Battle of Algiers, she and three companions including Ali Ammar (aka Ali La Pointe) were killed when French forces bombed their hideout in the Casbah.

Operativo Independencia

The "counter-insurgency" tactics used by the French during the 1957 Battle of Algiers (relinquishing of civilian control to the military, state of emergency, block warden system (quadrillage), etc.

Saadi Yacef

After the Algerian War, Yacef helped produce Gillo Pontecorvo's film The Battle of Algiers (1966), based on Souvenirs de la Bataille d'Alger.



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Maurice Audin

During the Battle of Algiers, Maurice Audin was arrested at his home on 11 June 1957, by Captain Devis, Lieutenant Philippe Erulin and several soldiers of the First Parachute Regiment of the French Army.