What the records say
- When
- 8 Feb 1958
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 36.22° N, 8.36° E
- Description
- 1958 bombardment in Tunisia
Bombing of Sakiet Sidi Youssef
1958 French airstrike in Tunisia
The bombing of Sakiet Sidi Youssef was a significant event of the Algerian Independence War when the French Army conducted an air raid on the Tunisian village of Sakiet Sidi Youssef targeting FLN militants and resulting in 218 civilian casualties, among which 70 dead, including 12 schoolchildren, as part of a series of military operations known as the Battle of the borders. The event sparked an international outcry.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en riposte aux attaques du FLN à partir du territoire tunisien, l’aviation française bombarde le village de Sakiet Sidi Youssef faisant de nombreuses victimes…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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