377. Algerian Revolution: The Battle of Algiers (Ep 3)
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Well, hello and welcome to Empire with me, Anita Arnim. And me, William Dribble. So this is episode three of our Algeria series. Um in this episode, the Algerian revolution Begins. Six. Question first of all, how did a clandestine group of Algerian nationalists force the mighty French Republic
Into an all out. merciless war in the nineteen fifties. This is how the Algerian War of Independence began. It's the night of the first of november nineteen fifty four, or, if you prefer, All Saints Night. It's past midnight. In the freezing Orrez mountains of eastern Algeria, a bus is making its way along a winding mountain road, and it is dark. On board?
Are two young French school teachers? Gee And Pauline Monero. And they're returning from their honeymoon. The bus stops. Umed men. Have blocked the road.
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