Declaration

Independence of Algeria, 1962

France declared Algerian independence on 3 July 1962, two days after the self-determination referendum.

What happened

France declared Algeria independent on 3 July 1962, according to the scholarly history A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962 by Alistair Horne.[1]

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    Claim: France declared Algeria independent on 3 July 1962.

    • Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962 (Viking Press, 1977) , concluding chapter. Source record

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