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Today 62 years ago, Algeria declared official independence from France after a long and arduous struggle led by the Algerian National Liberation Front. Their liberation was the culmination of eight years of armed struggle.

In the early morning of November 1,1954, the newly-established National Liberation Front (FLN) launched its first attacks on French military and civilian targets. The day became known by the French as “Red All Saints' Day.”

Shortly afterwards, the FLN issued its November 1 proclamation authored by Algerian journalist Mohamed Aïchaoui, announcing the beginning of popular armed struggle led by the Front as the people's vanguard movement.

The FLN's influence and popularity quickly grew in the countryside, to the extent that French farmers sold their lands and sought refuge in metropolitan centers such as Algiers and Oran.

In 1956, the FLN moved into the cities to draw international attention to the struggle of the Algerian people, resulting in the 1956-1957 Battle of Algiers, which became the subject of the famous Gillo Pontecorvo film that was banned in France for years.

In 1957, the French Governor-General of Algeria, Robert Lacoste, ordered the Army to crush the Algerian resistance. The 10th Parachute Division led by General Massu was given responsibility for the task.

The division became infamous for using so-called “death flights,” a method of summary execution in which the liberation fighters were dropped from a plane to their death. The French called those they murdered in cold blood “Bigeard's shrimp,” named after Colonel Marcel Bigeard.

Torture was widely used by the French Army in Algeria. It is estimated more than1.5 million Algerian people died throughout the course of the war. Algerians call their country "The Land of Martyrs."

After failing to crush the Algerian liberation struggle, the French colonial authorities were forced to enter into negotiations with the FLN. These negotiations led to a formal end to the war on March 18, 1962. 

On July 1, 1962 99% of Algerians voted for independence, and Algeria's independence day was proclaimed on July 5. While Algerians heroically overcame French colonialism, the country is still shackled by informal dependence on imperialist powers fighting for influence in the county.

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