If the Algerian war deeply affected a generation of Frenchmen, it is also because every family was confronted with it, by conscripts being sent from the contingent. About 1.5 million young people did all or part of their military service there, for what were then called “pacification” operations.
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For most of them, it was very difficult afterwards to talk about what they experienced. The shock of reality that caused a rejection of the conflict. For example, among the members of 4ACG, the association of former conscripts in Algeria against the war, which brings together about 400 people.
Meeting with members of this association, who today are trying to convey the memory.
