Algerian National Movement
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The Algerian National Movement was an organization founded to counteract the efforts of the Front de Libération Nationale
(FLN). It was supported and, some say, partly financed by the French who used it to validate the claim that the FLN was not the sole representative of Algerian desires.
It was founded by veteran nationalist Messali Hadj
as a rival to the Front de Libération Nationale
(FLN) during the Algerian War of Independence
. He was a co-founder and President of the three earlier organizations leading the movement for independence beginning in 1926. However the War of Independence was started November 1954 without him being consulted. The creation of the MNA was his revenge. He found support among Algeria
n expatriate
s in France who had idolized him in the past and also among the French authorities. In spite of that, the FLN's armed wing, the Armée de Libération Nationale
(ALN), succeeded in destroying the MNA's small armed groups in Algeria early on in the war.http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-341.html
The MNA and FLN also fought each other on French soil in the so-called café wars
, resulting in hundreds of casualties, but FLN gradually gained the upper hand.
Control over post-independence Algeria would rest firmly in the hands of the FLN and its military, while the MNA vanished as a political organization.
National Liberation Front (Algeria)
The National Liberation Front is a socialist political party in Algeria. It was set up on November 1, 1954 as a merger of other smaller groups, to obtain independence for Algeria from France.- Anticolonial struggle :...
(FLN). It was supported and, some say, partly financed by the French who used it to validate the claim that the FLN was not the sole representative of Algerian desires.
It was founded by veteran nationalist Messali Hadj
Messali Hadj
Ahmed Ben Messali Hadj was an Algerian nationalist politician dedicated to the independence of his homeland from France...
as a rival to the Front de Libération Nationale
National Liberation Front (Algeria)
The National Liberation Front is a socialist political party in Algeria. It was set up on November 1, 1954 as a merger of other smaller groups, to obtain independence for Algeria from France.- Anticolonial struggle :...
(FLN) during the Algerian War of Independence
Algerian War of Independence
The Algerian War was a conflict between France and Algerian independence movements from 1954 to 1962, which led to Algeria's gaining its independence from France...
. He was a co-founder and President of the three earlier organizations leading the movement for independence beginning in 1926. However the War of Independence was started November 1954 without him being consulted. The creation of the MNA was his revenge. He found support among Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
n expatriate
Expatriate
An expatriate is a person temporarily or permanently residing in a country and culture other than that of the person's upbringing...
s in France who had idolized him in the past and also among the French authorities. In spite of that, the FLN's armed wing, the Armée de Libération Nationale
Armée de Libération Nationale
The Armée de Libération Nationale or ALN was the armed wing of the nationalist Front de Libération National during the Algerian War of Independence...
(ALN), succeeded in destroying the MNA's small armed groups in Algeria early on in the war.http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-341.html
The MNA and FLN also fought each other on French soil in the so-called café wars
Café wars
The Café Wars took place during the Algerian War, as a part of the internal fighting in France between two rival Algerian nationalist movements, the MNA and the FLN ....
, resulting in hundreds of casualties, but FLN gradually gained the upper hand.
Control over post-independence Algeria would rest firmly in the hands of the FLN and its military, while the MNA vanished as a political organization.