Like yesterday in November, 1954 the Algerian Liberation Revolution ثــورة الـتــحـــــريــــر الــجــــزائـــريــــة broke out against the French colonization إســتــعـــمــــار that started in 1830. The revolution of the Algerian people lasted for nearly seven years of political and armed struggle. The revolution ended with the declaration of Algeria’s Independence إســتــقـــلال on 5 July, 1962. Nearly one and half million people were killed during this revolution. That is why Algeria was given the nickname of the country of one and a half million martyrs بـلــد الــمـــلــيــــون و نــصـــف شــهــيـــد all over the Arab world.

      The National Liberation Front جـبـهــة الـتـحــريـــر الـوطـنــى was a socialist political party that was set up on November 1 1954. It consisted of other smaller groups that were united under one goal; to obtain independence for Algeria from France. This Front established itself as the main nationalist group and had reorganized itself into something like a provisional government حـكــومــة مـؤقــتــــة . It consisted of a five-man executive and legislative body. The Front had also an armed wing that was called the National Liberation Army جـيــش الـتــحــريـــر الــوطـنــى that played the most important role in the liberation process.

      All France’s efforts to defeat the National Army or to stop the revolution were a failure. The National Liberation Front succeeded in persuading the Algerian people to revolt and flood the streets of big cities in mass demonstrations مـظــاهــــرات ; a step that forced the Algerian case onto the United Nations agenda. The war for independence continued until March 1962 when the French government finally signed the Evian Accords إتــفـــاقــيــــات ايـفـيــان and a Cease Fire Agreement مـعـاهـــدة وقــف إطــلاق الـنــار with the National Liberation Front. In July, the Algerian people approved the cease fire agreement with France in a referendum إسـتــفــتـــاء supporting the economic and social cooperation between the two countries.

      It is worth noting that Algeria’s struggle كــِـفـــاح for independence and resistance for the French has never stopped since the first days of occupation. These earlier efforts failed because they were separate efforts from some national leaders and were met by extreme violence عــنــف and bloodshed ســفــك دمـــاء from the French side.

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