IMAGO International History, Archive, Algerian War 1954-1962

Nov 12, 2025

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ALGERIAN WAR Group of Algerian prisoners framed by French soldiers Anonymous photograph around 1958 for French propaganda Credit Collection IM Kharbine Tapabor KH202434
ALGERIAN WAR Algerian prisoner guarded by a French military officer Anonymous photograph around 1958 for French propaganda Credit Collection IM Kharbine Tapabor KH202433
WAR IN ALGERIA Weapons taken from Algerian rebels Anonymous photograph taken around 1958 for French propaganda Credit Collection IM Kharbine Tapabor KH202432
ALGERIAN WAR Group of Algerian prisoners framed by French soldiers Anonymous photograph around 1958 for French propaganda Credit Collection IM Kharbine Tapabor KH202431
ALGERIAN WAR Group of Algerian prisoners framed by French soldiers Anonymous photograph around 1958 for French propaganda Credit Collection IM Kharbine Tapabor KH202430
ALGERIAN WAR Group of Algerian prisoners framed by French soldiers Anonymous photograph around 1958 for French propaganda Credit Collection IM Kharbine Tapabor KH202429
ALGERIAN WAR Group of Algerian prisoners framed by French soldiers Anonymous photograph around 1958 for French propaganda Credit Collection IM Kharbine Tapabor KH202428
WAR IN ALGERIA YES to France YES to de GAULLE The F L N lost Anonymous illustration for a leaflet distributed in early September 1958 Credit Collection IM Kharbine Tapabor KH202392
ALGERIAN WAR Let pass for the east those are wise men A l miserable existence due to the bands of the F L N , they preferred life Anonymous illustration for a leaflet of February 1958 see the rectoo kh202389 Credit Collection IM Kharbine Tapabor KH202390
ALGERIAN WAR Some of the people we have arrested today Legend on the back of an anonymous photograph taken in the Aures Algerie around 1960 Credit Collection NBL Kharbine Tapabor KH199646
ALGERIAN WAR One of theirs killed by us is carried by a Legend donkey on the back of an anonymous photograph taken in the Aures Algerie around 1960 Credit Collection NBL Kharbine Tapabor KH199645
ALGERIAN WAR Women and children being pushed aside during an arrest operation in a mechta in the Aures Mountains of Algeria Anonymous photograph circa 1960 Credit Collection NBL Kharbine Tapabor KH199644
ALGERIAN WAR In a pacified mechta, men and children making headdresses near a French soldier Anonymous photograph taken in the Aures Algerie around 1960 Credit Collection NBL Kharbine Tapabor KH199643
WAR IN ALGERIA Man arrested by the French army during an operation in the Aures Algerie Anonymous photograph circa 1960 Credit Collection NBL Kharbine Tapabor KH199641
WAR IN ALGERIA Algerian refugees Anonymous photograph around 1960 for a postcard edited by the Ministry of Information of the GPRA Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic Credit Collection NBL Kharbine Tapabor KH199505
WAR IN ALGERIA Algerian refugees Mere and her child Anonymous photograph around 1960 for a postcard edited by the Ministry of Information of the GPRA Provisional Government of the Republic of Algeria Credit Collection NBL Kharbine Tapabor KH199504
WAR IN ALGERIA Algerian refugees Anonymous photograph around 1960 for a postcard edited by the Ministry of Information of the GPRA Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic Credit Collection NBL Kharbine Tapabor KH199503
WAR IN ALGERIA Family of Algerian refugees Anonymous photograph around 1960 for a postcard edited by the Ministry of Information of the GPRA Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic Credit Collection NBL Kharbine Tapabor KH199502
ALGERIAN WAR NLA fighters National Liberation Army Anonymous photograph around 1960 for a postcard edited by the Ministry of Information of the GPRA Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic Credit Collection NBL Kharbine Tapabor KH199501
ALGERIAN WAR NLA fighters National Liberation Army Anonymous photograph around 1960 for a postcard edited by the Ministry of Information of the GPRA Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic Credit Collection NBL Kharbine Tapabor KH199500
ALGERIAN WAR NLA fighters Armee de Liberation Nationale Anonymous photograph circa 1960 for a postcard edited by the Ministry of Information of the GPRA Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic Credit Collection NBL Kharbine Tapabor National Liberation Army fighters, Algeria, anonymous photograph, nearly 1960 KH199499
ALGERIAN WAR NLA fighters National Liberation Army Anonymous photograph around 1960 for a postcard edited by the Ministry of Information of the GPRA Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic Credit Collection NBL Kharbine Tapabor KH199498
ALGERIAN WAR NLA fighters National Liberation Army Anonymous photograph around 1960 for a postcard edited by the Ministry of Information of the GPRA Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic Credit Collection NBL Kharbine Tapabor KH199497
ALGERIAN WAR NLA fighters National Liberation Army Anonymous photograph around 1960 for a postcard edited by the Ministry of Information of the GPRA Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic Credit Collection NBL Kharbine Tapabor KH199496
ALGERIAN WAR NLA fighters National Liberation Army Anonymous photograph around 1960 for a postcard edited by the Ministry of Information of the GPRA Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic Credit Collection NBL Kharbine Tapabor KH199495
ALGERIAN WAR NLA fighters National Liberation Army Anonymous photograph around 1960 for a postcard edited by the Ministry of Information of the GPRA Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic Credit Collection NBL Kharbine Tapabor KH199494
ALGERIAN WAR In order to allow the small Kabyle children to continue their studies, the army of pacification uses different formulas here an open air class was organized Anonymous photograph for a postcard around 1955 Credit Collection IM KHARBINE TAPABOR KH178572
1954 1962 ALGERIAN WAR First lesson of pacification in Algeria written by a schoolteacher rappele Anonymous photograph for a postcard around 1955 Credit Collection IM KHARBINE TAPABOR KH178571
WAR OF ALGERIA War of ALGERIA Battle of Algiers Seizure of weapons in a cache Anonymous photograph circa 1960 Credit Collection Kharbine Tapabor KH88318
WAR OF ALGERIA War of ALGERIA General Raoul SALAN 1899 1984 decorating soldiers Anonymous photograph around 1960 Credit Collection Kharbine Tapabor KH88317
WAR OF ALGERIA War of ALGERIA Sweep operation Anonymous photograph circa 1960 Credit Collection Kharbine Tapabor KH88316
WAR OF ALGERY War of ALGERY General Raoul SALAN 1899 1984 decorating a parachutist officer Anonymous photograph circa 1960 Credit Collection Kharbine Tapabor KH88315
WAR OF ALGERIA War of ALGERIA Algerians killed by the FLN Anonymous photography around 1960 Credit Collection Kharbine Tapabor KH88314
WAR OF ALGERIA War of ALGERIA Anonymous photograph around 1960 Credit Collection Kharbine Tapabor KH88313
WAR OF ALGERY War of ALGERY Djamila BOUPACHA born in 1938, after her arrest, during the reconstruction of the attack on the bar L Automatique in Algiers Her tortures and rapes will be reported in a book written with Simone de BEAUVOIR Anonymous photography around 1957 Credit Collection Kharbine Tapabor KH88312
WAR OF ALGERIA War of ALGERIA Search operation interrogation Anonymous photograph circa 1960 Credit Collection Kharbine Tapabor KH88311
ALGERY WAR ALGERY ALGERY War NLA Soldier National Liberation Army Anonymous photograph circa 1960 Credit Collection Kharbine Tapabor KH88310
WAR OF ALGERIA Scene of raking in Algiers during the war of Algeria Anonymous photography around 1957 Credit Collection KHARBINE TAPABOR KH80319
WAR OF ALGERIA Sweep operation during the Algiers War Interrogation Anonymous photography around 1957 Credit Collection KHARBINE TAPABOR KH80318
WAR OF ALGERIA Scene of excavation in Algiers during the war of Algeria Anonymous photography around 1957 Credit Collection KHARBINE TAPABOR KH80316
WAR OF ALGERIA Scene of raking during the Algerian war Anonymous photography around 1957 Credit Collection KHARBINE TAPABOR KH80314
GUERRE D ALGERIE Larbi BEN M HIDI 1923 1957 the day before his death under torture Anonymous photograph of 1957 Credit Collection KHARBINE TAPABOR KH80313
GUERRE D ALGERIE Larbi BEN M HIDI 1923 1957, died under torture of the paratroopers of General BIGEARD, and Hadj BEN ALLA after their arrest on 23 02 1957 Anonymous photograph of 1957 Credit Collection KHARBINE TAPABOR KH80312
War of ALGERIA Photograph taken during the war of Algeria, search of an Algerian near Algiers by French soldiers around 1957 Credit Coll Kharbine Tapabor KH62708
War of ALGERIA Photograph taken during the Algiers war, sweep operation by French soldiers 1954 1962 1962 Credit Coll Kharbine Tapabor KH62707
War of ALGERIA Photograph taken during the war of Algeria, 1954 1962 Harka march in the streets of Algiers Credit Coll Kharbine Tapabor KH62706
Soldier who died during the Karmouche operations Algerian War of Independence Soldier who died during the Karmouche operations in Great Kabylia May 1956 Copyright: xPhoto12 Photosvintagesx WTZ04287_010
Shooting during the war in Algeria Shooting during the Algerian War of Independence Copyright: xPhoto12 Photosvintagesx WTZ04287_002
Military operations in Kabylia during the war in Algeria (1956) Algerian War of Independence. Military operations with artillery against outlaws, in the mountains of Kabylia. May 1956 Copyright: xPhoto12 Photosvintagesx WTZ04197_037
Office of a French commander during the war in Algeria (1956) Algerian War of Independence. Office of a French commander (mobile group of rural protection) during the Algerian War of Independence. May 1956 Copyright: xPhoto12 Photosvintagesx WTZ04197_033

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ALGERIAN WAR Group of Algerian prisoners framed by French soldiers Anonymous photograph around 1958 for French propaganda Credit Collection IM Kharbine Tapabor KH202434

ALGERIAN WAR Algerian prisoner guarded by a French military officer Anonymous photograph around 1958 for French propaganda Credit Collection IM Kharbine Tapabor KH202433

WAR IN ALGERIA Weapons taken from Algerian rebels Anonymous photograph taken around 1958 for French propaganda Credit Collection IM Kharbine Tapabor KH202432

ALGERIAN WAR Group of Algerian prisoners framed by French soldiers Anonymous photograph around 1958 for French propaganda Credit Collection IM Kharbine Tapabor KH202431

ALGERIAN WAR Group of Algerian prisoners framed by French soldiers Anonymous photograph around 1958 for French propaganda Credit Collection IM Kharbine Tapabor KH202430

ALGERIAN WAR Group of Algerian prisoners framed by French soldiers Anonymous photograph around 1958 for French propaganda Credit Collection IM Kharbine Tapabor KH202429

ALGERIAN WAR Group of Algerian prisoners framed by French soldiers Anonymous photograph around 1958 for French propaganda Credit Collection IM Kharbine Tapabor KH202428

WAR IN ALGERIA YES to France YES to de GAULLE The F L N lost Anonymous illustration for a leaflet distributed in early September 1958 Credit Collection IM Kharbine Tapabor KH202392

ALGERIAN WAR Let pass for the east those are wise men A l miserable existence due to the bands of the F L N , they preferred life Anonymous illustration for a leaflet of February 1958 see the rectoo kh202389 Credit Collection IM Kharbine Tapabor KH202390

ALGERIAN WAR Some of the people we have arrested today Legend on the back of an anonymous photograph taken in the Aures Algerie around 1960 Credit Collection NBL Kharbine Tapabor KH199646

ALGERIAN WAR One of theirs killed by us is carried by a Legend donkey on the back of an anonymous photograph taken in the Aures Algerie around 1960 Credit Collection NBL Kharbine Tapabor KH199645

ALGERIAN WAR Women and children being pushed aside during an arrest operation in a mechta in the Aures Mountains of Algeria Anonymous photograph circa 1960 Credit Collection NBL Kharbine Tapabor KH199644

ALGERIAN WAR In a pacified mechta, men and children making headdresses near a French soldier Anonymous photograph taken in the Aures Algerie around 1960 Credit Collection NBL Kharbine Tapabor KH199643

WAR IN ALGERIA Man arrested by the French army during an operation in the Aures Algerie Anonymous photograph circa 1960 Credit Collection NBL Kharbine Tapabor KH199641

WAR IN ALGERIA Algerian refugees Anonymous photograph around 1960 for a postcard edited by the Ministry of Information of the GPRA Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic Credit Collection NBL Kharbine Tapabor KH199505

WAR IN ALGERIA Algerian refugees Mere and her child Anonymous photograph around 1960 for a postcard edited by the Ministry of Information of the GPRA Provisional Government of the Republic of Algeria Credit Collection NBL Kharbine Tapabor KH199504

WAR IN ALGERIA Algerian refugees Anonymous photograph around 1960 for a postcard edited by the Ministry of Information of the GPRA Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic Credit Collection NBL Kharbine Tapabor KH199503

WAR IN ALGERIA Family of Algerian refugees Anonymous photograph around 1960 for a postcard edited by the Ministry of Information of the GPRA Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic Credit Collection NBL Kharbine Tapabor KH199502

ALGERIAN WAR NLA fighters National Liberation Army Anonymous photograph around 1960 for a postcard edited by the Ministry of Information of the GPRA Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic Credit Collection NBL Kharbine Tapabor KH199501

ALGERIAN WAR NLA fighters National Liberation Army Anonymous photograph around 1960 for a postcard edited by the Ministry of Information of the GPRA Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic Credit Collection NBL Kharbine Tapabor KH199500

ALGERIAN WAR NLA fighters National Liberation Army Anonymous photograph around 1960 for a postcard edited by the Ministry of Information of the GPRA Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic Credit Collection NBL Kharbine Tapabor KH199498

ALGERIAN WAR NLA fighters National Liberation Army Anonymous photograph around 1960 for a postcard edited by the Ministry of Information of the GPRA Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic Credit Collection NBL Kharbine Tapabor KH199497

ALGERIAN WAR NLA fighters National Liberation Army Anonymous photograph around 1960 for a postcard edited by the Ministry of Information of the GPRA Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic Credit Collection NBL Kharbine Tapabor KH199496

ALGERIAN WAR NLA fighters National Liberation Army Anonymous photograph around 1960 for a postcard edited by the Ministry of Information of the GPRA Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic Credit Collection NBL Kharbine Tapabor KH199495

ALGERIAN WAR NLA fighters National Liberation Army Anonymous photograph around 1960 for a postcard edited by the Ministry of Information of the GPRA Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic Credit Collection NBL Kharbine Tapabor KH199494

ALGERIAN WAR In order to allow the small Kabyle children to continue their studies, the army of pacification uses different formulas here an open air class was organized Anonymous photograph for a postcard around 1955 Credit Collection IM KHARBINE TAPABOR KH178572

1954 1962 ALGERIAN WAR First lesson of pacification in Algeria written by a schoolteacher rappele Anonymous photograph for a postcard around 1955 Credit Collection IM KHARBINE TAPABOR KH178571

WAR OF ALGERIA War of ALGERIA Battle of Algiers Seizure of weapons in a cache Anonymous photograph circa 1960 Credit Collection Kharbine Tapabor KH88318

WAR OF ALGERIA War of ALGERIA General Raoul SALAN 1899 1984 decorating soldiers Anonymous photograph around 1960 Credit Collection Kharbine Tapabor KH88317

WAR OF ALGERIA War of ALGERIA Sweep operation Anonymous photograph circa 1960 Credit Collection Kharbine Tapabor KH88316

WAR OF ALGERY War of ALGERY General Raoul SALAN 1899 1984 decorating a parachutist officer Anonymous photograph circa 1960 Credit Collection Kharbine Tapabor KH88315

WAR OF ALGERIA War of ALGERIA Algerians killed by the FLN Anonymous photography around 1960 Credit Collection Kharbine Tapabor KH88314

WAR OF ALGERIA War of ALGERIA Anonymous photograph around 1960 Credit Collection Kharbine Tapabor KH88313

WAR OF ALGERIA War of ALGERIA Search operation interrogation Anonymous photograph circa 1960 Credit Collection Kharbine Tapabor KH88311

ALGERY WAR ALGERY ALGERY War NLA Soldier National Liberation Army Anonymous photograph circa 1960 Credit Collection Kharbine Tapabor KH88310

WAR OF ALGERIA Scene of raking in Algiers during the war of Algeria Anonymous photography around 1957 Credit Collection KHARBINE TAPABOR KH80319

WAR OF ALGERIA Sweep operation during the Algiers War Interrogation Anonymous photography around 1957 Credit Collection KHARBINE TAPABOR KH80318

WAR OF ALGERIA Scene of excavation in Algiers during the war of Algeria Anonymous photography around 1957 Credit Collection KHARBINE TAPABOR KH80316

WAR OF ALGERIA Scene of raking during the Algerian war Anonymous photography around 1957 Credit Collection KHARBINE TAPABOR KH80314

GUERRE D ALGERIE Larbi BEN M HIDI 1923 1957 the day before his death under torture Anonymous photograph of 1957 Credit Collection KHARBINE TAPABOR KH80313

GUERRE D ALGERIE Larbi BEN M HIDI 1923 1957, died under torture of the paratroopers of General BIGEARD, and Hadj BEN ALLA after their arrest on 23 02 1957 Anonymous photograph of 1957 Credit Collection KHARBINE TAPABOR KH80312

War of ALGERIA Photograph taken during the war of Algeria, search of an Algerian near Algiers by French soldiers around 1957 Credit Coll Kharbine Tapabor KH62708

War of ALGERIA Photograph taken during the Algiers war, sweep operation by French soldiers 1954 1962 1962 Credit Coll Kharbine Tapabor KH62707

War of ALGERIA Photograph taken during the war of Algeria, 1954 1962 Harka march in the streets of Algiers Credit Coll Kharbine Tapabor KH62706

Soldier who died during the Karmouche operations Algerian War of Independence Soldier who died during the Karmouche operations in Great Kabylia May 1956 Copyright: xPhoto12 Photosvintagesx WTZ04287_010

Shooting during the war in Algeria Shooting during the Algerian War of Independence Copyright: xPhoto12 Photosvintagesx WTZ04287_002

Military operations in Kabylia during the war in Algeria (1956) Algerian War of Independence. Military operations with artillery against outlaws, in the mountains of Kabylia. May 1956 Copyright: xPhoto12 Photosvintagesx WTZ04197_037

Office of a French commander during the war in Algeria (1956) Algerian War of Independence. Office of a French commander (mobile group of rural protection) during the Algerian War of Independence. May 1956 Copyright: xPhoto12 Photosvintagesx WTZ04197_033