Pacification of Algeria

Pacification of Algeria
Part of French conquest of Algeria

Monument to the French Foreign Légionnaires who died during the South-Oranese Campaign
Date1835–1903
Location
Result

French victory

  • Scorched earth policy against Algerians
Belligerents
France Arabs and Berbers
Commanders and leaders
General Bugeaud
Maréchal Randon
Abd El-Kader
Lalla Fatma N'Soumer
Cheik El Mokrani
Casualties and losses
825,000 Algerian deaths

The pacification of Algeria was a series of military operations after the French conquest of the Regency of Algiers that aimed to put an end to various tribal rebellions, razzias and massacres of French settlers that were sporadically held in the Algerian countryside. The conflict was an early example of unconventional warfare.


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