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Feb 18, 2021 · La vraie bataille d'Alger. by. Massu, Jacques. Publication date. 1974. Publisher. Genève : Editions Famot, François Beauval) Collection. internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled.
Jacques Émile Massu (French pronunciation: [ʒak masy]; 5 May 1908 – 26 October 2002) was a French general who fought in World War II, the First Indochina War, the Algerian War and the Suez Crisis.
Civilian authorities gave full powers to General Jacques Massu who, operating outside legal frameworks between January and September 1957, eliminated the FLN from Algiers. The use of torture , forced disappearances and illegal executions by the French later caused controversy in France.
On the evening of the following day, Saturday 17 May, the dramatic arrival of the hero of the Algérie française crowds, Jacques Soustelle, after his escape from virtual house-arrest in Paris, was marked by unprecedented scenes as a group of young Algerian women removed and burned their haïks before the General Government.
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Oct 31, 2002 · Gen. Jacques Massu, a soldier who late in life came to deplore and regret France's use of torture during his triumphant direction of the Battle of Algiers in 1957, died on Saturday at his home...
1930 : sous-lieutenant - Saint-Cyr 1932 : lieutenant 1939 : capitaine 1942 : commandant 1944 : lieutenant-colonel 1946 : colonel 1955 : général de brigade
