1962 Algerian crisis

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1962 Algerian crisis
Ahmed Ben Bella and Houari Boumédiène
Date 5 July to 9 September 1962 Location Algeria Result Oujda Group victory
Belligerents
Oujda Group	GPRA
Commanders and leaders
Ahmed Ben Bella Houari Boumédiène Ferhat Abbas Yacef Saadi Tahar Zbiri	Benyoucef Benkhedda Hocine Aït Ahmed Krim Belkacem Mohand Oulhadj
Units involved
Wilaya I (Aures) ZAA (Algiers) "Outside army"	Wilaya II (Constantine) Wilaya III (Kabylia) Wilaya IV (Algiers area)
Strength
35,000	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	1,000 dead

The 1962 Algerian crisis, also known as the 1962 Algerian coup d'état, was a period of political unrest that happened after Algeria gained independence from France on 5 July 1962. It was a power struggle between factions within the National Liberation Front. It involved the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic (Tizi Ouzou group) headed by Benyoucef Benkhedda against the Oujda Group (Tlemcen group) headed by Ahmed Ben Bella.^[1]