At War for Algeria (2022)

Season 1 Episode 6

Independence

0.03 / Feb / 2022•58m

The Algerian victory in the referendum exasperates part of the army and the Algerian French. The most radical supporters of French Algeria found the OAS (Organization of the Secret Army), which commits attacks and grows stronger after the failure of the coup d'état of April 1961. The Algerian population remains mobilized; but De Gaulle refuses to cede the Sahara, rich in gas and oil and recent scene of the first French nuclear tests. In Paris, the peaceful march of October 17 becomes a massacre. Following negotiations between France and the GPRA, which conclude with the Evian agreements, a cease-fire comes into effect on March 19, 1962. The Algerian French, the soldiers and the harkis leave the country in haste.

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Directed by: Rafael Lewandowski

Written by: Rafael Lewandowski, Raphaëlle Branche,

Guest stars

10

Charles de Gaulle

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Ferhat Abbas

Self - FLN Leader (archive footage)

Raoul Salan

Self - French Military Officer (archive footage)

Michel Debré

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Pierre Lagaillarde

Self - OAS Leader (archive footage)

Jean-Jacques Susini

Self - OAS Leader (archive footage)

Maurice Challe

Self - French Military Officer (archive footage)

Houari Boumédiène

Self - ALN Leader (archive footage)

Benyoucef Benkhedda

Self - FLN Leader (archive footage)

Abderrahmane Farès

Self - FLN Leader (archive footage)

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