At War for Algeria — Season 1, Episode 3: Terror and Guerrilla Warfare
Documentary, War & Politics • 53 min • 1 season, 6 episodes • ★ 7.0/10
Episode synopsis
Repression is not enough. France tries to “conquer souls and hearts” by entrusting social missions to the SAS (Specialized Administrative Sections). On the Algerian independence side, the ALN (National Liberation Army) uses guerrilla warfare and terrorism to confront the French army, one of the most powerful in the world.
About At War for Algeria
North Africa, 1954. The Algerian war of independence begins, a traumatic and extremely violent catastrophe that for eight long years will shake and finally overthrow the foundations of the colonial regime established by France in 1830.