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Battle of Bab El Oued

1962 CE · Algeria, Africa · War

The Battle of Bab el Oued was an armed confrontation which occurred during the latter stages of the Algerian War (1954–1962) between the French Army and the Organisation armée secrète (OAS) which opposed Algerian independence. It took place in Bab El Oued, then a working-class European quarter of Algiers, from 23 March to 6 April 1962.

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