Battle of Shwabir

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Battle of Shwabir
Part of Algerian War
Date 03 October 1956 Location El Ghicha, Algeria Result Algerian victory
Belligerents
French Republic	FLN
Commanders and leaders
Jean Person Pierre de Villette  Jean-Claude Martin  Bernard Moreau  Michel Gaborit  André Lefebvr  René Gaumé	El-Moulay Abdallah
Strength
2,000 soldiers 110th Motorized Infantry Regiment (110e RIM) Over 90 military trucks and armored vehicles 4 combat fighter jets	400 fighters
Casualties and losses
1375 killed   500 wounded more than 90 military trucks were destroyed	14 killed 11 citizens killed

The Battle of El Chouabir was a battle that took place in the El Chouabir area of the Al-Qaada mountains on October 3, 1956, between the Algerian National Liberation Army (ALN) and the French Army. During this engagement, the French Army had catastrophic losses, reaching 1,375 dead, including 91 senior officers, as well as losses in equipment, according to the testimony of Colonel Lotfi in an interview conducted with him by El Moudjahid newspaper in May 1959. Among the Algerians, 14 soldiers and 11 civilians were killed.

This battle, which transformed from an ambush called the Ambush of El Khetifa on October 2, 1956, into the "Mother of Battles," was covered by major international newspapers and journals at the time, such as The Daily Gleaner, the American newspaper The New York Times, and the French newspaper Le Monde.

See also

• Algerian War
• FLN

References

• Bougrine, Aissa (2018). "From the Great Battles of the Historical Fifth Vilayet: The Famous Battle of El Chouabir – The Second Dien Bien Phu (October 3, 1956)". Asfour Al-Jadida Journal (in Arabic). 12 (2). ASJP Center: 144–160.
• The Battle of El Chouabir Through Live Oral and Popular Testimonies (Master's Thesis) (in Arabic). Amar Telidji University of Laghouat. 2021.