By Alex D. Lucas and Aaron P. Russo

Conflict through armed struggleGive examples

Why is it significant

Algerian IndependenceRuled by FrenchAlgerian Nationalism

Anti Colonialist views from Arab countries

Algerian War 1954-1962FLN - Front de Libération Nationale

Radical Socialist Party -> French view as terrorists

All Saints DayLaunched attacks throughout Algeria

Military and Civilian targets (police posts, warehouses, communications facilities, and public utilities)

Start of Algerian War con.From Cairo FLN called for

“restoration of the Algerian state, sovereign, democratic, and social, within the framework of the principles of Islam.”

French response – Prime Minister – Been French Stay French

Battle of Philippeville June 18th 1955

• FLN took more drastic measures – Recognition

• Placed 500 commandos (Fellagha) in the city (French Aware)

• Attack = 134 Fellagha, 71 French citizens and 52 Muslim politicians killed

End of Algerian ConflictInternational pressure for Algerian

Independence

Peace talks btwn FLN and FranceUnanimous vote for independenceDe Gaul declared Alergia Independent in 1962

Vietnamese Independence Ruled by FrenchLong History of being ruled over

Oppressed - 1887-1954Strong Sense of Nationalism

Freedom fighters Ho Chi Mihn 1930Viet Minh - 1941

Armed ConflictFrench Union army vs Viet Minh – Ho Chi Mihn

Viet Minh – League for the independence of Vietnam

Communist national independence coalition French were not communist

Ho Chi MihnVietnamese

communist leader

Prime Minister from 1945-1955

After gaining independence from france Saigon = Ho chi Mihn city

End of the RevolutionWar unpopular in France – Despite

propagandaMay 6th and 7th of 1954 – France Overrun by

frontal assaultFrench destroyed all weapons – called for

ceasefire

Geneva ConferencePeace talks between French and Vietnam

Proposed Communist North Vietnam and pro-Western South Vietnam. 17th parallel

Elections for united country USA did not agree and stepped in

Angolan IndependenceRuled by Portuguese Empire

Portuguese abolished Angolan rightsLaws that discriminated

Angolan Independence con. Unpopular war at home – Many Portuguese

troops involved Portuguese uprising --- overthrew António de

Oliveira Salazar

Opened peace talks among the guerilla troops in Angola Granted them independence in 1973

DecolonizationWhat is decolonization

release from the status of a colonyEuropeans ALWAYS opened peace talks–

WHY?

DecolonizationDeclining European colonialism

Lacking support Why? – Too much fighting (WWI & II)

Impoverished

Colonization was cause for wars

Occupying colonies no longer worth lives lost through conflict

Decolonization con. Now considered immoral --- War against

totalitarian (eye opening)

Focused on domestic issues after the war – not issues abroad

No longer remnants of colonialism

WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED TODAY!?When was the rapid decline of European

colonialism?After World War I and World War II – Too

much fightingWhy did colonialism lose popularity?

Occupying colonies no longer worth lives lost through conflict

Do you think armed struggles were necessary in ending colonialism?

SOURCES!!!!!Special thanks to googlehttp://

www.time.com/time/archive/collections/0,21428,c_algerian_war,00.shtml

http://faculty.smu.edu/dsimon/Change-Viet.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Angolahttp://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?

parentid=7158http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/

modsbook51.asp