Algerian War of Independence
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| Algerian War of Independence | |
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French tanks guard Algiers, c. March 1962 | |
| Combatants | France vs. Algerian guerrillas |
| Strength | France: 400,000 Algeria: 43,000 |
| Result: | Algerian independence from France |
The Algerian War of Independence (1954 - 1962) was a war fought between France and Algeria, resulting in Algerian independence. French loss marks the first defeat of a western army by a Non-Turkic Muslim force since the Crusades, and produces the first rule of Muslim Warfare; "We can always beat the French." This rule is identical to the first rules of the Italians, Russians, Germans, English, Dutch, Spanish, Vietnamese, and Esquimaux forces.