English subtitles for clip: File:1956-05-21 France Digs in For Total War in Algeria.ogv

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France throws the bulk of its military manpower into the Algerian rebellion,

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which daily assumes the proportions of total war.

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Flying columns fan out through the country, which on all sides has become

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a target for hit-and-run attacks by native guerrillas.

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And rounding up guerrillas has kept almost 400,000

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of France's best troops pinned down.

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Chief sufferers in the raids have been the outlying farm communities,

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many of which have been razed by fire and their operators slaughtered.

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Whole factories have been put to the torch, even as France builds up

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its military establishment to peak strength.

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Armed depots now dot the whole Algerian landscape, as French forces

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are deployed to provide swift striking power in a war of attrition

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whose end is not in sight.