How did members of the National Liberation Front (FLN) of Algeria try to achieve their aims?
a) Formed of war veterans, religious leaders, and local professionals, the FLN began with attacks on government installations, but soon moved to terrorist violence against civilians.
b) A radical Marxist group, the FLN began terror attacks on civilians as soon as the war was over, hoping for a Soviet takeover in North Africa.
Consider This: The FLN was inspired by the victory of the Viet Minh at Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam. See 14.8: Narrative: One City, Two Battles.
c) The FLN was a group of European immigrants who preyed on Algerian Muslims, hoping to thwart Algerian independence.
Consider This: The FLN was inspired by the victory of the Viet Minh at Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam. See 14.8: Narrative: One City, Two Battles.
d) Members of the FLN had been waging guerrilla war on the French government in Algeria since the 1890s; now they had leftover World War II weapons to help them achieve their violent aims.
Consider This: The FLN was inspired by the victory of the Viet Minh at Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam. See 14.8: Narrative: One City, Two Battles.
a) Formed of war veterans, religious leaders, and local professionals, the FLN began with attacks on government installations, but soon moved to terrorist violence against civilians.
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