WORLD WAR II
DECOLONIZATION PHASE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Winning a war with the European power
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Negotiating its own independence
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Having a power walk away from it
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Declare its own independence and have the European power acquiesce
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1959 Charles de Gaulle declared that the Algerians had the right to determine their own future. Despite terrorist acts by French Algerians opposed to independence and an attempted coup in France by elements of the French army, an agreement was signed in 1962, and Algeria became independent.
Detailed explanation-2: -French colonial rule in Algeria lasted 132 years, beginning in 1830 with the invasion of the capital, Algiers, and continuing until the war for independence, which concluded with the signing of the Evian Accords in March 1962. The treaty marked the end of a bitter war.
Detailed explanation-3: -Starting in 1954, the Algerian War was fought between France and the Algerian National Liberation Front, and ultimately led to Algeria winning its independence in 1962, ending more than a century of French colonial rule.
Detailed explanation-4: -Algeria gained independence from France in 1962. The military overthrew Algeria’s first president in 1965, marking the beginning of authoritarian military-backed rule.