Napoleon III greets “French colonists and Arabs” on a visit to Algeria in 1865. Algeria was first in
Napoleon III greets “French colonists and Arabs” on a visit to Algeria in 1865. Algeria was first invaded by the French in 1830 and settled by a large number of French citizens. Napoleon III offered French citizenship to Arabs who renounced their religion and culture; unsurprisingly few took him up on it. Algeria achieved its independence from France in 1962 after a lengthy and bloody war of independence. -- source link
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