Algeria: 8 May 1945 Massacres, Manifestation of Colonial France's Genocidal Policy

Algiers — The massacres of 8 May 1945 remain a tragic episode that marked colonial France's genocidal policy, but they have represented a crucial turning point in the Algerian people's struggle for independence.

On the eve of the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the 8 May 1945 massacres, the Algerian people still remembers the genocide committed by colonial forces against the Algerians who demonstrated to remind France of its commitments in the aftermath of the Second World War triumph.

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