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In 1830, French forces invaded Algeria leading to over a century of colonial rule. The North African nation was even treated as an integral part of France known as “Algerie Francaise.” By 1 November 1954, Algeria’s National Liberation Front or FLN began a major war of decolonization from France, which eventually led to the deaths of somewhere between 400,000 to 1.5 million people. The struggle was famously depicted in the 1966 film “Battle of Algiers.”  By 5 July 1962, the country had achieved its independence. Joseph Keen spoke to Natalya Benkhaled-Vince, historian of the French empire, decolonisation and post-colonial histories at the University of Oxford. She is author of “The Algerian War, The Algerian Revolution.”

Natalya’s book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Algerian-War-Revolution/dp/3030542637

Episode also available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QblYoBWte6c&t=135s

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