Algeria, 1956. No further info.

Photo donated to the French military archives, originally from an album belonging to a soldier of the 1er Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes.

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Tomsen shows the war's cruel math: For every fighter killed, two more joined. Their brothers. Their cousins. Their friends. You can't kill your way out of tribal revenge.
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🟡 Air Operation | 5/10

Air engagement in Nariño department
Door gunners aboard a Colombian Aerospace Force UH-60L Black Hawk engaged suspected guerrilla positions in Nariño department.

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28 April 1957: 12e Régiment de Dragons in Palat (modern day Mellakou), Algeria. Interrogation of civilians, medical and identity checks.

Photos taken by Lt. Claude Roudeau, regiment intelligence officer, with a personal camera.

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December 1955: An exercise of the territorial company in Zeralda, close to Algiers. The reservists respond to an alert and report to the town hall, where rifles are distributed. A mix of obsolete weapons, including the Lebel mle 1886.

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