Essays on Battle of Algiers

At times, in global history one has to contemplate whether the causalities of human life are warranted in order to achieve a political goal. This is very true to what transpired in the Battle of Algiers. Throughout the film, we learned a great deal about the killings of innocents that transpired while many were trying to “better” the country for the long run. Within the film, the FLN was a politically motivated group who instilled a great deal of fear in those who were resistant to change, (Briley, R., 2016). The FLN was absolutely politically motivated because they wanted ...

Most countries in Africa fought hard for their independence just like Algeria did. Many countries from the West came and took control of almost all African soil. A large percentage of Africa lost sovereignty and total control of their natural resources due to imperialism. The colonizers benefited from taking control of natural resources, and they believed that it was a necessity to colonize and civilize Africans. Many African nations rebelled against colonial rule since they were on the losing end. Algeria is the largest country in Africa, and it was colonized by France. The movie ‘Battle of Algeria’ is ...

Violent and non-violent tactics used by the FLN to wage its campaign in Algiers and the impacts that they had

The Battle of Algiers is a movie based on the 1954 – 1962 Algerian War. The battle was characterized by blood and turmoil, meaning that the obvious tactic employed was the violent kind. One of them was the killing of the police officers in the French army. Despite the prevalence of the extreme techniques, the FNL are known to have adopted some non-techniques. One of them was mass emigration, which saw the Algerians move from the French colonies in large numbers. In addition, the chose mute resistance as another non-confrontational approach to the rule. They declined to enroll in the ...

The struggle for decolonization depicts incidences where groups engaged each other in armed struggle. The colonizers and those under the colonialism engaged in wars that led to atrocities against civilians that later led to demonstrations and riots from nationalists and civil societies. However, a major difference arises in that the movies were produced to show the events that occurred during the armed struggles. The two most popular movies include the Lawrence of Arabia and Battle of Algiers which show variation in the context in which each occurred. While Battle of Algiers paints a more precise picture of the real ...

The French colonized Algeria in 1830 and Algeria was under the protectorate of France for over a century. At first things were all smooth as the Algerians were trying to adapt to the French way of life simulating to their way of day to day living, but things were not as good as they sounded to be. With time, the French was noticed to be unfair and denying the Algerians most of their rights. As the country was seen as a province of France, it was held under the laws of France the ...

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The Algerian War – A background

The war started by France in order to maintain her colonies in Algeria in the Early 1950’s had a disastrous end in 1962, this had a great impact on both France and Algeria in terms of political and social environment and there were lot of activities that happened during this period made a history Martin Windrow, Mike Chappell (1997, 41-48).

The primary impact was on the Military Troops and Civilians of both Algeria and France, this was responsible to destroy the Fourth Republic, and decisively transformed French constitution, divided the French army and politics fir ...

Films play a big role in the representation of society, in the cultural, political, and social scenes in society. Various genres of the film act to different effect in the society, with some providing educative insights, political activism in film, entertainment, all depending on the nature of the film. Film has found use previously as a tool through which directors and activists have utilized in the portrayal of historical events; the intention being to present the occurrences in as much a real way as to have an impact on their targeted audience. Historical events are often mucked by unpleasant occurrences, which the ...

Women played a very active role in the independence struggle in Algeria as portrayed in the classic film The Battle of Algiers. As members of the underground and the resistance in the National Liberation Front (FLN), they are shown in a wide variety of roles that were ‘nontraditional’ in both Arab and Western society. They were not simply preparing food and bandaging the wounded, but smuggling weapons and explosives, spying and gathering intelligence, planting bombs, organizing strikes and demonstrations, shooting enemy police and soldiers and running safe houses. In short, women took part in the revolution in the same way as ...