Day Eleven: "World War I"

[Source: "French Images World War I". TroubleShooters Online. Opinicus Publishing 2009. Accessed 2 June 2009. .]

During World War I, Algeria was the first nation to be held under European rule (Smith 20). This happened "through a combination of treaty agreements with local elites and military presence" (20). There is not much history pertaining to Algeria during World War I, but the latter Algerian War and World War II witnessed Algerian independence, warfare, and even massacre in which the French state had influenced much of the history in these situations.

Smith, Dan. "The State of the Middle East". University of California Press, Berkeley. 2006. Accessed 1 June 2009.