1958: Algeria

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At the outset of 1958 the French maintained that they had the Algerian rebels on the run and that the Algerian rebellion was really in its 'last quarter-hour.' There were some grounds for this optimism: the French had scored some military successes against the rebels in 1957; they had virtually... ...