| Algerian genocide | |
|---|---|
| Part of the French conquest of Algeria | |
 Chronological map of the French conquest | |
| Location | French Algeria |
| Date | 1830–1875 |
| Target | Muslim Algerians |
Attack type | Genocide, ethnic cleansing, forced displacement, chemical warfare, scorched earth |
| Deaths | 500,000–1,000,000[1] |
| Perpetrator | French colonial empire |
| Motive | French nationalism, imperialism, settler colonialism, Islamophobia, anti-Arab racism, Kabyle myth[2] |
The pacification of Algeria, also known as the Algerian genocide,[3][4] refers to a series of violent military operations that took place from 1830 to 1875, during the French conquest of Algeria. France aimed to put an end to various tribal rebellions and the resistance of the native Algerians to the French invasion. During this period, between 500,000 and 1 million Algerians were killed in campaigns of ethnic cleansing, massacres and forced displacement, out of an estimated population of 3 million.[1][5] This era also witnessed France's formal annexation of Algeria in 1834, as well as the settlement of approximately 1 million European settlers in the Algerian colony.[6] Various governments and scholars have considered France's actions in Algeria as constituting a genocide.[7]
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- ^ Kiernan, Ben (2007). Blood and Soil: A World History of Genocide and Extermination from Sparta to Darfur. Yale University Press. p. 364-374. ISBN 978-0300100983.
- ^ Gallois, William (2013), Gallois, William (ed.), "An Algerian Genocide?", A History of Violence in the Early Algerian Colony, London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 145–171, doi:10.1057/9781137313706_7, ISBN 978-1-137-31370-6, retrieved 2024-09-17
- ^ Gallois, William (20 February 2013). "Genocide in nineteenth-century Algeria". Journal of Genocide Research. 15 (1): 69–88. doi:10.1080/14623528.2012.759395. ISSN 1462-3528.
- ^ Jalata, Asafa (2016). Phases of Terrorism in the Age of Globalization: From Christopher Columbus to Osama bin Laden. Palgrave Macmillan US. pp. 92–93. ISBN 978-1-137-55234-1.
- ^ "Opinion | France must reckon with its dark history in Algeria. It's not too late". Washington Post. 2020-01-29. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
- ^ Kiernan, Ben (2007). Blood and Soil: A World History of Genocide and Extermination from Sparta to Darfur. Yale University Press. p. 364-374. ISBN 978-0300100983.