Algeria 1943: A Colony Under Vichy Control (2022)

7.5/10 53 min Documentary History War

Overview

World War II, June 1940. France has fallen and suffers the relentless boot of Nazi Germany. But Algeria, the prized French colony in North Africa, remains part of the territory controlled by the Vichy regime of Marshal Pétain. A strict colonial order is maintained: the French of European origin rule, while local Jews are stripped of French citizenship and discrimination against the mainly Muslim population increases.

Cast

Charles de Gaulle

Self (archive footages)

Winston Churchill

Self (archive footages)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self

François Darlan

Self

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self (archive footages)

Henri Giraud

Self (archive footages)

Benjamin Stora

Self

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