Philippeville massacre 1955
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 20 August 1955 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 1955 | Wikidata P585 (point in time) |
| Era | Post-1945 (1946 onwards) | derived from year |
| Location | Algeria | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Africa | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Algerian War | Wikidata P361 |
| Coordinates | 36.8728, 6.9100 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The Philippeville massacre, also known as the Battle of Philippeville or the August Offensive, was a series of raids launched on 20 August 1955 on various cities and towns of the Constantine region by FLN insurgents and armed mobs during the Algerian War between France and the Algerian rebels. The raids, which mostly took the form of ethnic riots, resulted in the massacre of several dozens of European settlers, known as pieds-noirs. The massacres were then followed by reprisals by the French Army and pied-noir vigilantes, which resulted in the death of several thousand Muslim Algerians. The events of late August 1955 in the Constantinois region are considered to be a major turning point of the Algerian War.
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