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. (10[1])The gégène (10[1])(“zhay-ZHEN”) was used to conduct torture in this modern-day country, (10[1])in which the paratrooper Jean-Marie Le Pen participated. (-5[1])In (10[1])this modern country, Raoul Dufy founded the far-right OAS, (10[1])which attempted (10[1])to assassinate Charles de Gaulle. This country’s independence (10[1])led to an exodus (10[1]-5[1])of white pieds-noirs (10[2])(“pyay-nwar”). The Fourth French 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 (10[1])in the Battle (10[1])of Algiers? ■END■ (10[1])

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