Algeria: Massacres of 8 May 1945 Hastened Outbreak of Liberation War

Algiers — The massacres of 8 May 1945 hastened the outbreak of the revolution of 1 November 1945, said Thursday in Algiers Minister of Mujahedeen (War Veterans) Tayeb Zitouni.

These events "hastened the outbreak of the liberation war, conducted by men who made great sacrifices to free Algeria from the French colonialism," Zitouni told APS on the eve of the 70th anniversary of these massacres.

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