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Opération jumelle was a French military victory, also in part of « Plan Challe » was also a French military victory, added somes sources. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
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| partof = [[Algerian War]] |
| partof = Plan Challe - [[Algerian War]] |
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| place = [[Kabylia]] Wilaya III |
| place = [[Kabylia]] Wilaya III |
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| date = July 1959 – March 1960 |
| date = July 1959 – March 1960 |
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| result = French military victory<ref>{{Cite book |last=Elkabbach |first=Jean-Pierre |url=https://books.google.fr/books?id=fMSVEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT71&dq=Operation+jumelles+victoire&hl=fr&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj409yxq4aBAxUoVKQEHa9VDw44ChDoAXoECAQQAw#v=onepage&q=Operation%20jumelles%20victoire&f=false |title=Les rives de la mémoire |last2=Veber |first2=Martin |date=2022-10-27 |publisher=Groupe Robert Laffont |isbn=978-2-38292-307-8 |language=fr |quote=L'opération Jumelles du général Challe a cassé l'ALN. Dans les maquis, les djebels, notre armée était vaincue militairement}}</ref> |
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| result = French tactical victory |
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FLN strategic victory |
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(According to the FLN, the operation was failed) |
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The first phase of the operation was called Pelvoux, and was fought between 22 July and 9 August. French marines led by the captain of the Sanguinetti frigate entered the Akfadou forest. {{Expand section|date=June 2007}} |
The first phase of the operation was called Pelvoux, and was fought between 22 July and 9 August. French marines led by the captain of the Sanguinetti frigate entered the Akfadou forest. {{Expand section|date=June 2007}} |
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| Operation Jumelles | |||||||
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| Part of Plan Challe - Algerian War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 France |
 FLN | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| General Maurice Challe (commander-in-chief) |
Abderrahmane Mira Mokrane Oulhadj | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 60 000 | 12 000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 2000 | 8000 | ||||||
Operation Jumelles (Template:Lang-en) was a military operation which was part of the Algerian War in Kabylia, Algeria. It lasted from 22 July 1959 to March 1960. It was fought between the FLN and the French Army.
Overview
The Operation Jumelles or Operation Binoculars is the largest military operation ever mounted in Algeria, more than 60,000 soldiers are engaged, it is led by General Maurice Challe. The fighting takes place in the Soummam Valley, Akfadou and Djudjura, in kabylia wilaya (III).
The General Massu also mentioned this operation in his book -le torrent et la digue- on page 266 he wrote: « and it will be the first time in the history of the Algerian war that a "commander in chief" will personally command an operation called "jumelles"...»
it is General Challe himself who led this operation.
All kinds of weapons and warplanes involved in this operation.
The first phase of the operation was called Pelvoux, and was fought between 22 July and 9 August. French marines led by the captain of the Sanguinetti frigate entered the Akfadou forest.
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References
- ^ Elkabbach, Jean-Pierre; Veber, Martin (27 October 2022). Les rives de la mémoire (in French). Groupe Robert Laffont. ISBN 978-2-38292-307-8.
L'opération Jumelles du général Challe a cassé l'ALN. Dans les maquis, les djebels, notre armée était vaincue militairement
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