In 1830, France invaded Algeria, and in 1848 this north African country was fully integrated into France as a département.

In 1830 the French invaded Algeria and disbanded the seven regiments of Swiss and Germans in the French Army.

July 5 - France invades Algeria.

Mr. Le Vien was chief press officer with the Allied Task Force invading Algeria, and in Tunisia he organized an official press camp.

July 5 - France invades Algeria (see French period in Algeria).

In November 1942 the Allies invaded French Morocco and Algeria (Operation Torch).

They drove out the Germans in Africa, invading Morocco and Algeria on November 8, 1942.

(Other forces invaded Algeria via the Mediterranean Sea.)

Thereafter, the government of Charles X (1824-1830) took the "fan affair" ("l'affaire de l'éventail") as a pretext to invade Algeria and castigate the Dey for his "impudence."

He led a fierce resistance against French forces, which invaded Algeria four years later.