Battle of the borders (Algerian War)

Battle of the Borders (Algerian war)
	Part of the Algerian war
	; The Morice line
Date	21 january 1958- – 28 May 1958
Location	French Algerian-Tunisian border
Result	French victory
Belligerents
France	FLN; Support:; Tunisia
Commanders and leaders
Raoul Salan; Pierre Jeanpierre †; Marcel Bigeard; Robert Lacoste; Paul Vanuxem	Saïd Mohammedi; Ali Kafi; Krim Belkacem; Abdelhafid Boussouf; Houari Boumediene
Units involved
Paratrooper divisions; 10e D.P; L. É. paratroops; 25e D.P; 8e RPIMa; 3e RPIMa; ; French Air Force ; Dragoons; Armored units	ALN; Outside army; Wilaya I; Wilaya II; Wilaya IIÍ;
Strength
5,000 men; Heavy weaponry; Several dozen aircraft	5,000-10,000 men
Casualties and losses
364 dead; 700 wounded	2,400 dead; 300 POW; 3,300 captured weapons

The battle of the borders, was a group of military operations initiated mainly on the Algeria-Tunisia border during the Algerian war, from 21 January to 28 May 1958, by the paratrooper units of the French army against the attacks, and bombardments of the Morice line by the combatants of the Armée de libération nationale (ALN), the military branch of the FLN, stationed in Tunisia.

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