OPPOSING FORCES

FRANCE LEADERS:

Gen. Raoul Salan, Gen. Jacques Massu, Gen. Paul Aussaresses, Col. Marcel Bigeard, Col. Yves Godard, Col. Roger Trinquier

FORCES:

10th Parachute Division SDECE Action Service Gendarmerie Ultras

TACTICS:

Mass arrests and detention of suspects. Imprisonment and torture of FLN agents. Executions.

ALGERIA LEADERS:

Saadi Yacef, Larbi ben M’hidi, Abame Ramdane, Benyoucef Benkhedda

FORCES:

1,400 - 1,500 operatives and fighters under the Comite de coordination d’execution. An estimated 5,000 spies and sympathisers spread across Algiers.

TACTICS:

Bombing and assassination. Avoiding pitched battles.