Algeria: Liberation movements (1944-1954)

Last modified: 2002-09-07 by ivan sache
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• Democratic Union of the Algerian Manifesto (Union démocratique du manifeste algérien, UDMA)
• Setif revolt (1945)
• Other reported flag

See also:

• Algeria
• Algeria: Historical flags
• Algeria: Independence War (1954-1962)

Democratic Union of the Algerian Manifesto (Union démocratique du manifeste algérien, UDMA)

by Jaume Ollé

In 1944, the Democratic Union of the Algerian Manifesto (UDAM) was created, another nationalist movement, which established a flag based on another interpretation of the supposed flag of Abdelkader.

Jaume Ollé, 24 December 2001, translated from Spanish by Joe McMillan

Variant of the UDMA flag

by Jaume Ollé

Setif revolt (1945)

by Jaume Ollé

In 1945 there was a nationalist revolt in Setif and Guelma that was bloodily repressed. It is supposed that it used the nationalist flag or one of the designs frequently seen later in the years of the war (1954-62). The inscription says Allah Akbar (God is Great).

Jaume Ollé, 24 December 2001, translated from Spanish by Joe McMillan

Other reported flag

by Jaume Ollé

In 1947 a statute was approved converting Algeria into a French department and conceding to Muslims the same political rights as Frenchmen, extremely often violated. In theory, then, Algeria became part of France, something that was opposed by the nationalist Muslim sectors.

After 1948 the present national flag with minor variations returned to regular use as the flag of political liberation.

Jaume Ollé, 24 December 2001, translated from Spanish by Joe McMillan