Battle of the borders (Algerian War)

Battle of the Borders (Algerian war)
Part of the Algerian war
The Morice line
Date 21 january 1958- – 28 May 1958 Location French Algerian-Tunisian border Result French victory
Belligerents
France	FLN Support:  Tunisia
Commanders and leaders
Raoul Salan Pierre Jeanpierre † Marcel Bigeard Robert Lacoste Paul Vanuxem	Saïd Mohammedi Ali Kafi Krim Belkacem Abdelhafid Boussouf Houari Boumediene
Units involved
Paratrooper divisions 10e D.P L. É. paratroops 25e D.P 8e RPIMa 3e RPIMa French Air Force Dragoons Armored units	ALN Outside army Wilaya I Wilaya II Wilaya IIÍ
Strength
5,000 men Heavy weaponry Several dozen aircraft	5,000-10,000 men
Casualties and losses
1,000 dead 700 wounded	2,400 dead 300 POW 3,300 captured weapons[1]

The battle of the borders,^[2] was a group of military operations initiated mainly on the Algeria-Tunisia border during the Algerian war, from 21 January to 28 May 1958, by the paratrooper units of the French army against the attacks, and bombardments of the Morice line by the combatants of the Armée de libération nationale (ALN), the military branch of the FLN, stationed in Tunisia.