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::In all fairness it was one horrific fight in Algiers and Algeria. The overall insurgency ran from 54-62. It almost ended with a military coup in France. And by all accounts the French military actually did a pretty good job. But like most of these wars they were defeated on the homefront. These types of conflicts are more about political willpower than winning in the field. --[[User:Jcordell|Jcordell]] 08:54, 30 September 2011 (CDT)
 
::In all fairness it was one horrific fight in Algiers and Algeria. The overall insurgency ran from 54-62. It almost ended with a military coup in France. And by all accounts the French military actually did a pretty good job. But like most of these wars they were defeated on the homefront. These types of conflicts are more about political willpower than winning in the field. --[[User:Jcordell|Jcordell]] 08:54, 30 September 2011 (CDT)
 
:::I made that comment back when the page consisted entirely of "[[MAT-49]]" as a joke. Markit ruined it by putting a proper article here. :P [[User:Evil Tim|Evil Tim]] 08:55, 30 September 2011 (CDT)
 
:::I made that comment back when the page consisted entirely of "[[MAT-49]]" as a joke. Markit ruined it by putting a proper article here. :P [[User:Evil Tim|Evil Tim]] 08:55, 30 September 2011 (CDT)
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: So I come along without knowing the context and come across as being some type of humorless a**hole. Oh well.*Sigh*--[[User:Jcordell|Jcordell]] 09:37, 30 September 2011 (CDT)

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It was a very short battle. Evil Tim 22:04, 27 September 2011 (CDT)

Well, it did involve the French :p --Funkychinaman 01:15, 28 September 2011 (CDT)
In all fairness it was one horrific fight in Algiers and Algeria. The overall insurgency ran from 54-62. It almost ended with a military coup in France. And by all accounts the French military actually did a pretty good job. But like most of these wars they were defeated on the homefront. These types of conflicts are more about political willpower than winning in the field. --Jcordell 08:54, 30 September 2011 (CDT)
I made that comment back when the page consisted entirely of "MAT-49" as a joke. Markit ruined it by putting a proper article here. :P Evil Tim 08:55, 30 September 2011 (CDT)
So I come along without knowing the context and come across as being some type of humorless a**hole. Oh well.*Sigh*--Jcordell 09:37, 30 September 2011 (CDT)

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