The bombing of a Tunisian city that escalated internationally, a part of the historical past of colonialism in North Africa.
For 2 months in 1958, a small Tunisian city turned the centre of a serious worldwide incident that resounded from North Africa to France, the US and the United Nations. It began with the French bombing of Sakiet Sidi Youssef on February 8, 1958, in the course of the Algerian Battle of Independence. Sakiet is near the Tunisian border with Algeria. There have been refugees from the conflict there and it was additionally a border crossing level for Algerian fighters.
The assault killed at the very least 70 and injured about 100. France claimed it was focusing on a base of Algerian resistance fighters however journalists visiting the scene discovered solely flattened houses, a market and a college. The assault strained Tunisia-France relations, amplified worldwide condemnation of France’s colonial insurance policies and moved the Algerian Battle onto the worldwide stage. It was a key second within the historical past of French colonialism in North Africa.
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