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ID: 901001743
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001743
Record Type: Event/Narrative

Battle of Algiers (Algerian history, 1956-1957)

Note: Battle in the Algerian capital, notable for the participation of women. Resulted from a series of bombings by the National Liberation Front, and ended with the capture of Saadi Yacef, a Front leader.

Display Date: 1956-1957

Names:
Battle of Algiers (Algerian history, 1956-1957) (preferred,English-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:
Named Events (P)
....<European history> (P)
........Algerian War (Algerian-French history, 1954-1962) (P)
............Battle of Algiers (Algerian history, 1956-1957) (P)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... battle
.....(armed conflicts, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
participant was .... Algeria
.....(Africa) (TGN)
participant was .... France
.....(Europe) (TGN)

Sources:
Battle of Algiers (Algerian history, 1956-1957)
................Naylor, Historical Dictionary of Algeria, 4th ed. (2015) 74
................Talhami, Historical Dictionary of Women in the Middle East and North Africa (2013) xxvi
................Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges, Vol. 1 (2007) 33
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Naylor, Historical Dictionary of Algeria, 4th ed. (2015) 74
................ Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges, Vol. 1 (2007) 33

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