Round 8: Tossup 11

The graffiti “here we drown [people from this country]” was created during a 1961 massacre led by the former Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon. The gégène (“zhay-ZHEN”) was used to conduct torture in this modern-day country, (10[1])in which the paratrooper Jean-Marie Le Pen participated. (10[1])In this modern country, Raoul Dufy founded the far-right OAS, (10[2])which attempted to assassinate (-5[1])Charles de Gaulle. (10[1])This country’s independence led to an exodus (10[1])of white pieds-noirs (“pyay-nwar”). The Fourth French Republic ended due to a revolution in this country, (10[1])which was granted independence in the 1962 Évian Accords. For 10 points, what country’s FLN fought French colonial forces in the Battle of Algiers? ■END■ (10[2])

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