Round 7: Tossup 11

The graffiti “here we drown [people from this country]” was created during a (10[1])1961 (10[1])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 (10[1])Jean-Marie Le Pen participated. In this modern country, Raoul Dufy founded the far-right OAS, (10[2])which attempted to assassinate Charles de Gaulle. (10[1])This (-5[1])country’s independence led (-5[1])to an exodus (10[1])of white (10[1])pieds-noirs (“pyay-nwar”). The Fourth French (10[1])Republic ended due to a revolution in this country, 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? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

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