A GROUP OF ALGERIAN PRISONERS HUDDLE AGAINST A WALL AS FRENCH TROOPS LOOK ON

 A group of Algerian prisoners huddle against a wall as French troops look on.

Over the course of the conflict, hundreds of thousands of Muslims in Algeria would die. Some estimate that the real number is over 1 million.


A group of Algerian Muslims show their support for Algerian independence in Algiers. December 1960.


The sign reads "Muslim Algeria." People in the crowd chanted "Algérie algérienne," which roughly translates to "Algeria for Algerians" and "Vive le FLN" — in support of the Front de Libération Nationale (FLN), the pro-Algerian forces.

This march eventually turned violent. According to official reports, 120 people died in Algiers in December 1960, 112 of whom were Muslim.


Protests against French occupation in Algeria took place in France, too. After eight people were killed while demonstrating against the war, thousands in Paris turned up for their funeral. 1962.


French President Charles de Gaulle during a 1960 trip to Algeria.


De Gaulle, a World War II hero, was forcefully restored to power in France during the French-Algerian War to lead the country through the crisis. The European settlers in Algeria — also known as pieds-noirs — initially advocated for his involvement. But many of them were surprised and disappointed that de Gaulle endorsed self-determination for the Algerian people.


Young Europeans killed by the FLN during the French-Algerian War.Photo by: 

The FLN tried to bring international attention to the war by targeting colonial cities.


Algiers, the capital, was rocked by violence in 1957. Multiple bombings terrorized both Muslim and pieds-noirs neighborhoods.


Here, a sniper looks over the city in June 1957.Photo by Nacerdine ZEBAR/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images


French soldiers walk Algerian prisoners along a mountaintop.


French soldiers gather outside a small house. A child sits near the center of their circle.  


French soldiers stand next to dead bodies during the French-Algerian War.  

Colonel Marcel Bigeard, right, with his paratrooper unit during "Operation Bigeard" in March 1956. The operation was launched after nine French troops were killed. Under the order of Bigeard, French soldiers — who were backed by 12 helicopters — launched the operation to counter the rebel strongholds in the more distant regions of Algeria.


French soldiers stand around a prisoner of war, who is huddled on the ground in front of them.


Members of the FLN are captured by French troops.Photo by: Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images


French troops hold an Algerian flag while a prisoner of war looks at the ground.


French troops stand with a recaptured French flag.Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images


An injured Algerian man leans against the wall, surrounded by French troops and a dog.


French soldiers search a civilian in Algiers. March 1962.Photo by Central Press/Getty Images


Hundreds of people march in Paris in 1961. They're protesting "racism shown by the police" during a recent anti-Algerian War demonstration.

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