Toussaint Rouge

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Toussaint Rouge was the coordinated series of attacks launched by the National Liberation Front (FLN) on November 1, 1954, that marked the outbreak of the Algerian War of Independence against French colonial rule.

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Toussaint Rouge canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
series of attacks ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Red All Saints' Day ⓘ
conflict Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
country Algeria ⓘ
date 1954-11-01 ⓘ
describedAs beginning of the Algerian Revolution ⓘ
etymology named after All Saints' Day (Toussaint) and the bloodshed (Rouge) ⓘ
goal independence of Algeria from France ⓘ
hasAftermath escalation of repression by French authorities ⓘ
start of an eight-year war in Algeria ⓘ
hasCause Algerian struggle for independence ⓘ
hasPart coordinated attacks by the FLN ⓘ
languageOfName French ⓘ
location French Algeria ⓘ
opponent France ⓘ
French colonial authorities ⓘ
organizer FLN ⓘ
National Liberation Front ⓘ
partOf decolonization of Africa ⓘ
relatedTo Algerian independence in 1962 ⓘ
Evian Accords ⓘ
significance marked the beginning of large-scale armed struggle against French rule in Algeria ⓘ
marked the outbreak of the Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
target French military installations ⓘ
communication lines ⓘ
police posts ⓘ
symbols of French colonial authority ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ
usedWarfareType guerrilla warfare ⓘ

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