In July 1954, the German daily newspaper Die Welt analyses the tensions existing between France and its protectorates in North Africa and speculates on the possibility of another war of independence in Morocco and Tunisia.

On 19 August 1954, young enthusiasts take to the streets in Tunis holding aloft a banner that demonstrates their gratitude towards the leader of the independence movement, Habib Bourguiba, and Pierre Mendès France, President of the French Council, who granted independence to Tunisia on 31 July 1954.

On 3 November 1954, the French Communist daily newspaper L'Humanité defends the legitimacy of claims to independence made by the Tunisian, Moroccan and Algerian peoples.

On 4 March 1956, the Italian newspaper Il nuovo Corriere della Sera comments on the independence of Morocco, highlighting the stance taken by France on the decolonisation process in North Africa.

On 20 March 1956, France and Tunisia conclude an agreement whereby France officially confirms the independence of its former colony.

On 4 June 1958, General Charles de Gaulle gives an address at the Algiers Forum in which he declares that Algeria is peopled only with full French nationals who have the same rights and obligations.

‘An interminable year in Algeria — 1958: “Follow me, I’ll lead you …” 1959: “… to our goal.”’ In 1959, Ernst Maria Lang, German cartoonist, condemns the absurdity of the war of Algeria and criticises the policy pursued by General de Gaulle.

French troops transported by helicopter into the Algerian jebel during the Algerian War.

Referring to the war in Algeria, the German cartoonist, Fritz Behrendt, illustrates the uncomfortable position of General de Gaulle, President of the French Republic, in the light of the opposition between the Algerian nationalists (right) and the defenders of French Algeria, members of the Secret Army Organisation (OAS).

When the French President, Charles de Gaulle, gives a radio and television broadcast on 29 January 1960, Algiers is in the middle of a revolution. In line with a large segment of the French public, the Head of State condemns the Algerian uprising.

On 5 November 1960, the German cartoonist, Herbert Kolfhaus, illustrates the absurdity of the war in Algeria and considers the untenable position of Charles de Gaulle, President of the French Republic, faced by the political and military imbroglio of the Algerian conflict.

On 11 December 1960, during French President Charles de Gaulle’s visit to Algeria, members of the CRS (State Security Police) keep a close watch on a demonstration in favour of an Independent Algeria taking place in the Belcourt district of Algiers.

Algerian delegates to the first Evian Conference, held from 20 May to 13 June 1961, seek a solution to the Algerian conflict.

Poster published in 1962 by the daily newspaper L’Humanité, organ of the French Communist Party, denouncing the initiatives of the Secret Army Organisation (OAS) the indulgence of the press (L'Aurore, Le Parisien Libéré) with regard to the movement of supporters of French Algeria. The pointed hood and long tunic are reminiscent of the white supremacists of the Ku Klux Klan, a far-right racist organization in the United States.

On 7 February 1962, the Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera outlines General de Gaulle’s position on Algerian independence.

Opened on 7 March 1962, the second Evian Conference and the signing of the Evian Accords on 18 March 1962 enable Algeria to gain independence.

On 18 March 1962, Algerians celebrate the ceasefire that marks their country’s attainment of political independence.

On 19 March 1962, commenting on the signing of the Evian Accords, the Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera describes France’s attitude towards Algerian independence.

The Evian Accords on Algeria, signed on 18 March 1962, are the subject of comment by the main French political parties on RTL radio.

On 20 March 1962, during an extraordinary session of the National Assembly, French MPs and Senators note the statements made by the President of the Republic, Charles de Gaulle, and by the Government following the signing of the Evian Accords on Algeria.

On 20 March 1962, the National Assembly meets in extraordinary session to debate the Evian Accords signed two days earlier which declare a ceasefire in Algeria and the organisation of a referendum on the future of the French département and grant full powers to the Government.

This report by journalists Euloge Boissonnade and Jean-Pierre Farkas, broadcast on 20 March 1962 on Radio Luxembourg, describes the situation in the streets of Oran and Algiers the day after the signing of the Évian Accords, which provided for Algerian independence, on 19 March 1962.

On 23 March 1962, Louis Joxe, French Minister for Algerian Affairs, broadcasts an address on the radio in order to clarify the substance of the Franco-Algerian Accords signed in Évian five days previously as well as the future outlook for Algeria.

On 26 March 1962, in a radio and television broadcast, the French President, Charles de Gaulle, urges the population to support the French Government’s Algerian policy and endorse the ceasefire and self-determination in Algeria.

On 1 July 1962, as the Algerian people vote in favour of their country's independence in a referendum, thousands of ‘pieds-noirs' — French settlers in Algeria — return to France.

On 1 November 1954, the uprising in the Aurès mountains marks the beginning of the Algerian War. On 1 June 1958, General de Gaulle returns to power. On 18 March 1962, the Evian Accords mark the end of the war. On 3 July 1962, France recognises Algeria’s independence.