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929: 110: 863: 98: 533:, who commanded the local forces for the last few days of the operation. On the military level and according to the French press, only nine combatants were killed on the Algerian side. The result clearly showed the ineffectiveness of the means implemented in the face of the ALN. This was just one, of many of 501:
combatants from the population, who, deprived of supplies by closures, controls and rationing, would no longer provide logistical support to these combatants. The effect of the operation were insignificant, as the military and civil authorities of the region were almost completely ignorant of the
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attacks, which were rather successful even though the FLN forces in the region were severely underequipped. Towards the end of the operation, the French also started using artillery pieces to bombard suspected rebel positions.
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social structures of the inhabitants of the Aures, especially the relations established between them and the men of the insurrection, who long before November 1, 1954, were already living in the mountains.
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The French failure to destroy the roots of the Algerian rebellion caused FLN to rapidly grow in influence over the country. Within months, rural areas of the Aurés Mountains had fallen under FLN control.
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Le 20 janvier 1955 , le Monde annonce l'opération Véronique : « 5000 hommes et des blindés appuyés par l'aviation participent à une vaste opération dans l'Aurès . »
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Unsettled States, Disputed Lands : Britain and Ireland, France and Algeria, Israel and the West Bank-Gaza
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The operation, which was one of the first ones in the Algerian War, encompassed the region of the
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La guerre d'Algérie: ou, Le temps des méprises. Avec le témpoignage de quinze personnalités
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bombs were also utilized by the Air Force. The Algerian response, which was organized by
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hid and were bombed by the Air Force but to no avail. During the operation,
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In the first few days of the operation, caves, and other places where
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terror attacks, was centred on the Aurès and mto a lesser extentm the
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List of participants in the invasion of Algiers in 1830
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Index

Algerian War
Aurès
Algeria
Operation Violette
France
FLN
André Zeller
Paul Cherrière
Mostefa Ben Boulaïd
Bachir Chihani
fellaghas
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Algerian War
Toussaint Rouge
Boukerker
Véronique
El Djorf I
Philippeville
Blue Bird
Palestro
Algiers
Fellaoucene
Oued Zeggar
Sidi Semiane
Agounennda
Bouzegza
El Menaouer
Essien

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