The Café Wars are so called because part of the fighting took the form of bomb attacks and assassinations in cafés, directed at supporters of the other party, as they struggled for control and influence over the large Algerian expatriate community and its organizations. Since both organizations operated underground, and were wanted by the French government, the line between a military and a civilian target was hard to draw, and often wilfully disregarded by the combatants. Groups from both the MNA and the FLN resorted to gangland-style killings, intimidation and the murder of civilians to pursue their political goals and secure finances and influence. This led to the Café Wars being portrayed in France as acts of random terrorism, and conflated with attacks on French settlers in Algeria.
According to some estimates the Café Wars cost an estimated 5,000 lives.[1] The official French figures are 3,975 dead and a total of 10,223 victims (dead or wounded).[2]
The Café Wars did not end before Algeria was granted independence in 1962, by the government of Charles de Gaulle. The FLN had by then routed the MNA's guerrilla units in Algeria, and for all practical purposes destroyed its organization in France.
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^Un tournant de la " Bataille de Paris " [archive], Rémy Valat, Revue d'Histoire : Outre-Mers, 1er semestre 2004, N°342-343, Omar Carlier, « Violence(s) », dans Mohamed Harbi et Benjamin Stora (dir.), La Guerre d'Algérie, éd. Hachette, 2005, p. 511
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café, wars, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, march, 2022, le. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Cafe Wars news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Cafe Wars took place during the Algerian War as a part of the internal fighting in France between two rival Algerian nationalist movements the Mouvement National Algerien and the Front de Liberation National which later became the ruling political party in independent Algeria Cafe WarsPart of the Algerian WarLocationMetropolitan FranceResultFLN dominate Algerian independence movement BelligerentsFront de Liberation NationaleMouvement National AlgerienCasualties and lossesOfficial French figure of 3975 deadThe Cafe Wars are so called because part of the fighting took the form of bomb attacks and assassinations in cafes directed at supporters of the other party as they struggled for control and influence over the large Algerian expatriate community and its organizations Since both organizations operated underground and were wanted by the French government the line between a military and a civilian target was hard to draw and often wilfully disregarded by the combatants Groups from both the MNA and the FLN resorted to gangland style killings intimidation and the murder of civilians to pursue their political goals and secure finances and influence This led to the Cafe Wars being portrayed in France as acts of random terrorism and conflated with attacks on French settlers in Algeria According to some estimates the Cafe Wars cost an estimated 5 000 lives 1 The official French figures are 3 975 dead and a total of 10 223 victims dead or wounded 2 The Cafe Wars did not end before Algeria was granted independence in 1962 by the government of Charles de Gaulle The FLN had by then routed the MNA s guerrilla units in Algeria and for all practical purposes destroyed its organization in France See also editZohra DrifReferences edit Algeria FLN www country data com Retrieved 11 April 2018 Un tournant de la Bataille de Paris archive Remy Valat Revue d Histoire Outre Mers 1er semestre 2004 N 342 343 Omar Carlier Violence s dans Mohamed Harbi et Benjamin Stora dir La Guerre d Algerie ed Hachette 2005 p 511External links editWar in the 18th Arrondissement article by Francis Fytton in the London Magazine December 1961 nbsp nbsp This Algerian history related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This European military article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cafe Wars amp oldid 1195629175, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
