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Algeria's War of Independence

In March 1962, France signed a ceasefire with Algerian nationalists ending one of the most bitter struggles against colonial rule of the 20th century.

In March 1962, France signed a ceasefire with Algerian nationalists ending one of the most bitter struggles against colonial rule of the 20th Century. Witness talks to Hamou Amirouche, who saw his father tortured by the French and at 19 joined the Algerian National Liberation army.

(Photo: Two French soldiers search an Algerian civilian in the ancient Casbah in the capital, Algiers, 1962. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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