Battle of Algiers
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Battle of Algiers or Algiers expedition may refer to:
- The Siege of Algiers (1510) by Spain leading to the establishment of the Peñón of AlgiersPeñón of AlgiersPeñón of Algiers refers to a small islet off the coast of Algiers, fortified by the Kingdom of Spain during the 16th century...
- The Capture of Algiers (1516)Capture of Algiers (1516)The Capture of Algiers in 1516 was accomplished by Hayreddin Barbarossa and Aruj against the Habsburg garrison of Spain located in the city of Algiers.-Background:...
by Aruj Barbarossa - The Capture of Algiers (1529)Capture of Algiers (1529)The Capture of Algiers was accomplished when the Ottoman admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa took the Algerian city of Algiers from the Kabyles as well as the Habsburg Spanish in 1529.-Background:...
by Hayreddin Barbarossa - The Algiers expedition (1541)Algiers expedition (1541)The Algiers expedition of 1541 occurred when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor attempted to lead a fleet against the Ottoman Empire stronghold of Algiers in modern Algeria...
by Charles V of Spain, an Ottoman victory - The Invasion of Algiers (1775)Invasion of Algiers (1775)The Invasion of Algiers was a massive amphibious attempt in July 1775 by the Spanish to seize the city of Algiers and its enclaves responding to a Moroccan siege of the Spanish possession of Meilila by Sultan Mohammed III a year previously...
by Spain, a Barbaresque victory - The Bombardment of Algiers (1816) by an Anglo-Dutch fleet
- The Invasion of Algiers in 1830Invasion of Algiers in 1830The Invasion of Algiers in 1830 was a large-scale military operation by which the Kingdom of France, ruled by Charles X, invaded and conquered the Ottoman Regency of Algiers...
by France - Part of Operation TorchOperation TorchOperation Torch was the British-American invasion of French North Africa in World War II during the North African Campaign, started on 8 November 1942....
(1942) involving the liberation of Algiers by the Allies and the French Resistance from Vichy - The Battle of Algiers (1957)Battle of Algiers (1957)The Battle of Algiers was a campaign of guerrilla warfare carried out by the National Liberation Front against the French Algerian authorities from late 1956 to late 1957. The conflict began as a series of hit-and-run attacks by the FLN against the French Police in Algiers. Violence escalated...
, urban warfare and terrorist campaign between the National Liberation Front (FLN) and the French Army during the Algerian War - The Battle of Algiers, a 1966 film by Gillo Pontecorvo about the Algerian War