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| 1957, Jan. 28 | |
| Opening of an eight-day national strike, called by the Algerian rebels. The demonstration provoked the BATTLE OF ALGIERS with French authorities. Over the next six months, troops under Gen. Jacques Massu systematically uprooted the organized resistance within Algiers, particularly in the Qasbah, the old section of the city. | 1 |
| March 22 | |
| Announcement by the FLN that it was forming a provisional government, which was ready to negotiate independence from France. | 2 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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