Battle of Fedj Zezoua

Battle of Fedj Zezoua, also known as Fedj Zezoua clashes, is a military confrontation between the Algerian nationalists of the FLN and the French forces which ends with a French victory after a heavy loss on the FLN side.

Battle of Fedj Zezoua
Part of Battle of the borders (Algerian war), Algerian war
Date12 February 1958
Location
Fedj Zezoua, French Algeria (Now Algeria)
Result

French victory

Belligerents
 France Algeria FLN
Commanders and leaders

France Pierre Jeanpierre

France Tony Hunter-Choat[4]
Units involved

French Foreign Legion

Casualties and losses
France 2 soldiers killed. Algeria 47 rebels killed.[5]

French assault

On February 12, the 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment spotted katibas[lower-alpha 1] on the slopes of the Fedj-Zezoua, the French forces began their assault on the Algerian rebels, which eventually overwhelmed the two katibas, and inflicted 47 losses on the Algerians.[7]

Note and References

References
  1. "Legion Etrangere - Legion Etrangere Parachutiste - 2eme REP - 1er REP - Historique des regiments ". legione2rep.free.fr. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  2. "Brigadier Tony Hunter-Choat". The Telegraph. 2012-04-23. Retrieved 2023-08-29. but after being dropped by helicopter (balancing precariously on a cliffside) in the midst of the FLN positions, they overwhelmed the enemy.
  3. Chase, Simon (2016-02-10). Zero Footprint: The true story of a private military contractor's secret wars in the world's most dangerous places. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 978-0-7515-6471-6. Fedj Zezoua, earning his first of three French Croix de la Valeur Militaire.
  4. Davies, David Twiston (2015-12-19). Military Obituaries. Grub Street Publishing. ISBN 978-1-910690-80-2.
  5. "2 seulement...!!!" (in French). Retrieved 2023-08-29. Les combattants algériens comptent 47 tués dans le combat
  6. "Katiba : Définition simple et facile du dictionnaire". www.linternaute.fr (in French). 2021-01-01. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  7. JEAN Balazuc (Auteur) (2019-04-25). Guerre d'Algérie: Une chronologie mensuelle - Mai 1954-décembre 1962. p. 229.

Note
  1. Katiba means a unit composed of a maximum of one hundred men.[6]

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