كانت العمليات التي ينفذها الثوار الجزائريون في تصاعد .. وكانت الخسائر في الأرواح بين الفرنسيين تتزايد منذ العام أربعة وخمسين تسعمائة وألف .. وكان المقاومون الجزائريون يركزون على العاصمة .. وتطورت الأوضاع إلى ما سيحتفظ به التاريح تحت اسم معركة الجزائر ..
لم تحقق الوسائل العسكرية مبتغى السلطات الفرنسية .. وظهر في المشهد من كانت له مقاربة مختلفة في التعاط ... Show More
Apr 2022
The War in Algeria: A French soldier's experience
In the late 1950s a young Frenchman, who now goes by the name Ted Morgan, was conscripted to fight for France against Algeria's independence fighters. He served as an intelligence officer during the Battle of Algiers, and over sixty years later he is still haunted by what he saw, ... Show More
9m 5s
Apr 2022
The Algerians who fought for France
More than 200,000 Algerians fought for France during the war of independence, becoming known as Harkis. After Algeria's independence in 1962, the Harkis were treated badly by both the Algerians and the French. The FLN regarded the Harkis as traitors; while the French washed their ... Show More
9m 8s
Apr 2022
Algeria: The Massacre in Paris
During their country's War of Independence, Algerian fighters from the FLN also targeted the French mainland, killing police officers in Paris and other cities. In October 1961, French police turned against Algerian demonstrators in the capital who'd been called out onto the stre ... Show More
9m 3s
Aug 2019
The mass exodus of Algeria's 'Pieds Noirs'
<p>The French colonialists who returned to France after decades in Algeria, the Catholic welcome when the British army was first deployed to Northern Ireland, plus the US nuclear submarine that went under the north pole, Britain's last battle in China in WW2 and the introduction ... Show More
49m 55s
Jan 2024
The Ghost Army of World War 2
In the summer of 1944, a handpicked group of young GIs—including such future luminaries such as Bill Blass, Ellsworth Kelly, Arthur Singer, Victor Dowd, Art Kane, and Jack Masey—landed in France to conduct a secret mission. From Normandy to the Rhine, the 1,100 men of the 23rd He ... Show More
41m 39s