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⚔ The Algerian War and the Crisis of French Empire

See how Algeria’s war for independence exposed colonial inequality and helped remake France’s constitutional order.

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~10 min

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🏛️ History

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What you’ll learn

The Algerian WarUnderstand how the Algerian War connected colonial inequality, counterinsurgency, and constitutional change in France.The war for Algerian independence exposed the gap between republican ideals and colonial rule, while helping trigger France’s 1958 constitutional rupture.

Questions this course answers

What central contradiction did the Algerian War expose?

The language of French citizenship coexisted with unequal political status in colonial Algeria.

Why did torture become a political issue in France as well as a military one?

Debate over French counterinsurgency methods forced the war’s conduct into arguments about republican values.

What was the relationship between the Algerian War and the Fifth Republic?

The May 1958 crisis, shaped by the Algerian conflict, brought de Gaulle back and led to the Fifth Republic.

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