Bizerte crisis

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Bizerte crisis
Part of the decolonisation of Africa and the spillover of the Algerian War
Bizerte in 1961
Date 19–23 July 1961 Location Bizerte, Tunisia Result Pyrrhic French victory; the fortress is abandoned anyway Territorial changes Evacuation of the Bizerte base on 15 October 1963
Belligerents
France	Tunisia
Commanders and leaders
Charles de Gaulle Maurice Amman	Habib Bourguiba Noureddine Boujellabia Abdelhamid Ben Cheikh Mohamed Ben Hamida El Bejaoui †
Strength
7,000 3 cruisers	10,000[1]
Casualties and losses
24+ killed 100+ wounded[2]	630 killed 1,555 wounded multiple civilians killed

The Bizerte crisis (French: Crise de Bizerte; Arabic: أحداث بنزرت, romanized: ʾAḥdāth Bīzart) occurred in July 1961 when Tunisia imposed a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte, Tunisia, hoping to force its evacuation. The crisis culminated in a three-day battle between French and Tunisian forces that left 630 Tunisians and 24 French dead.