Battle of Ath Yahia Moussa | |||||||
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Part of Algerian War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
ALN | France | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Colonel Amirouche Commander Azzedine |
Jacques Faure Jean Graziani † Jean Chassin † | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
625 men[1] |
32,000 men 30 aircraft | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
385 killed | 400 killed |
The Battle of Ath Yahia Moussa was an armed conflict during the Algerian War that took place on January 6, 1959, in the Kabylia region of Algeria. This battle involved the National Liberation Army (ALN) against the French Army.[2]