Algeria, Special Weapons Sections

Name: Algeria, Special Weapons Sections
Released: 2025-03-12

9.0202555mDocumentary • History

Overview

This documentary by director Claire Billet and historian Christophe Lafaye details the massive and systematic use of chemical weapons during the Algerian War. Algerian fighters and civilians, sheltering in caves, were gassed by "special weapons sections" of the French army. The gas identified on mil...