Algeria went through a difficult period in its history during World War II. It began with the dissolution of national parties and the imprisonment of political activists. and things went worse with the coming of Vichy France, which harassed liberties and increased the misery of Algerians, However, France turned Algeria into a reservoir of men and wealth, and the Algerians power was diverted to the service of war, and with the Allied landing in Algeria, the political elite tried to exploit this circumstance to activate political action and boost its claims by presenting the Algerian people's declaration to the allies and the colonial administration, but these requests were rejected, and indeed the French response was to the massacres of May 1945.
Algeria went through a difficult period in its history during World War II. It began with the dissolution of national parties and the imprisonment of political activists. and things went worse with the coming of Vichy France, which harassed liberties and increased the misery of Algerians....
Algeria During the Second World War
Algeria went through a difficult period in its history during World War II. It began with the dissolution of national parties and the imprisonment of political activists. and things went worse with the coming of Vichy France, which harassed liberties and increased the misery of Algerians, However, France turned Algeria into a reservoir of men and wealth, and the Algerians power was diverted to the service of war, and with the Allied landing in Algeria, the political elite tried to exploit this circumstance to activate political action and boost its claims by presenting the Algerian people's declaration to the allies and the colonial administration, but these requests were rejected, and indeed the French response was to the massacres of May 1945.
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