Operation Jumelles

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Operation Jumelles
Part of Plan Challe - Algerian War
DateJuly 1959 – March 1960
Location
Kabylia Wilaya III
Result French victory[1][2][3]
Belligerents
 France Algeria FLN
Commanders and leaders

General Maurice Challe (commander-in-chief)

General Jacques Faure[4]		 Unknown
Strength
France 20,000[5] - 50,000[6] Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown

Algeria 3,106 killed[7]

  • 2,506 captured

Operation Jumelles (English: Operation Binoculars) was a military operation which was part of the Algerian War in Kabylia, Algeria. It lasted from 22 July 1959 to March 1960. It was fought between the FLN and the French Army.

Overview

The Operation Jumelles or Operation Binoculars is the largest military operation ever mounted in Algeria, more than 60,000 soldiers are engaged, it is led by General Maurice Challe. The fighting takes place in the Soummam Valley, Akfadou and Djudjura, in kabylia wilaya (III).

The General Massu also mentioned this operation in his book -le torrent et la digue- on page 266 he wrote: « and it will be the first time in the history of the Algerian war that a "commander in chief" will personally command an operation called "jumelles"...»

it is General Challe himself who led this operation.

All kinds of weapons and warplanes involved in this operation.

The first phase of the operation was called Pelvoux, and was fought between 22 July and 9 August. French marines led by the captain of the Sanguinetti frigate entered the Akfadou forest.

References

  1. ISBN 978-2-38292-307-8
    . L'opération Jumelles du général Challe a cassé l'ALN. Dans les maquis, les djebels, notre armée était vaincue militairement
  2. ISBN 978-2-7483-0196-0
    . sa visite inhabituelle et son regard suspicieux nous confirme que l'opération "jumelles" a été couronnée de succès
  3. ISBN 978-2-02-100842-5
    . car les militaires à ce momentlà sont en plein plan Challe [l'opération Jumelles en Kabylie pour réduire les maquis FLN] – qui a été un succès
  4. ISBN 978-9961-68-104-6
    . 40.000 hommes sous les ordres des généraux Challe et Faure pour démanteler la W III .
  5. ISBN 978-2-221-12250-1
    .
  6. ISBN 978-2-260-04339-3
    . 50 000 hommes engagés
  7. ISBN 978-2-912671-12-7
    .


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