Bizerte crisis
1961 conflict between France and Tunisia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Bizerte crisis (French: Crise de Bizerte; Arabic: أحداث بنزرت, romanized: ʾAḥdāth Bīzart) occurred in July 1961 when Tunisia imposed a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte, Tunisia, hoping to force its evacuation. The crisis culminated in a three-day battle between French and Tunisian forces that left 630 Tunisians and 24 French dead.
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Bizerte crisis | |||||||||
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Part of the decolonisation of Africa and the spillover of the Algerian War | |||||||||
Bizerte in 1961 | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
France | Tunisia | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Charles de Gaulle Maurice Amman |
Habib Bourguiba
Noureddine Boujellabia | ||||||||
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7,000 3 cruisers | 10,000[1] | ||||||||
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24–27 killed 100 wounded[2] |
630 killed 1,555 wounded multiple civilians killed |
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