bombardment of Sakiet Sidi Youssef

Quand

8 févr. 1958

Type

Opération militaire

Coordonnées

36.22° N, 8.36° E

Description

1958 bombardment in Tunisia

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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