The Opal Coast in the Algerian War

Between 1954 and 1962, the Opal Coast sent thousands of its children to "maintain order" in Algeria. In a land largely unknown to the northernmost part of France, they discovered the horrors of a conflict that separated them from their families and friends and made them lose their jobs. Of these young people, 378 did not return. How did the inhabitants of the coastline live and feel this war on a daily basis? This is a history of the Opal Coast through its conscripts and their families, and also through the links forged with Algeria. More than 50 years later, it is still difficult to talk about the war.

About the author

COPPIN Marc Dottore in Storia contemporanea. Insegnante presso il Lycée Sophie Berthelot di Calais, Francia. Ricercatore presso il CRHAEL ("Centro di Ricerca in Storia Atlantica e Littorale") dell'Università Littorale della Costa d'Opale (ULCO).

Product details

• Authors: Marc Coppin
• Publisher: Our Knowledge Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2023
• EAN: 9786205922293
• ISBN: 9786205922293
• No. of pages: 204
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989)