French Algeria

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French Algeria, also known as Colonial Algeria, was a colony and later an integral part of France. French rule lasted from the beginning of the French conquest in 1830 until the end of the Algerian War which resulted in Algeria gaining independence on 5 July 1962. The French conquest of Algeria began in 1830 with the invasion of Algiers which toppled the Regency of Algiers, though Algeria was not fully conquered and pacified until 1903. It is estimated that by 1875, between 500,000 and 1,000,000 Algerians had been killed from disease, starvation and violence. Various scholars describe the French conquest as genocide. French forces suffered 7,469 killed in action during the conquest by 1875, but suffered heavy losses from disease with another 110,000 dying in hospital. Algeria was ruled as a colony from 1830 to 1848, and then as multiple departments of France after the implementation of the 1848 French Constitution, a situation that lasted until Algerian independence in 1962. After a trip...

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