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Bizerte crisis | |||||||||
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Part of the decolonisation of Africa and the spillover of the Algerian War | |||||||||
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Strength | |||||||||
7,000 3 cruisers | 10,000[1] | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
+24 killed +100 wounded[2] |
630 killed 1,555 wounded multiple civilians killed |
The Bizerte crisis (French: Crise de Bizerte; Arabic: أحداث بنزرت, romanized: ʾAḥdāth Bīzart) occurred in July 1961 when Tunisia imposed a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte, Tunisia, hoping to force its evacuation. The crisis culminated in a three-day battle between French and Tunisian forces that left 630 Tunisians and 24 French dead.