National Memorial to the Algerian War and the Battles of Morocco and Tunisia

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The National Memorial of the War of Algeria and the fighting of Morocco and Tunisia is a monument to the dead erected on the Jacques Chirac wharf, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, facing the Eiffel Tower, to commemorate the conflicts of independence that took place in French North Africa (AFN) from 1952 to 1962: those located in the French departments of Algeria and French departments of the Sahara, retrospectively called the War of Algeria (1954-1962), and those located in the French protectorate of Morocco and French protectorate of Tunisia, named "combats of Tunisia and Morocco" (1952-1956, then 1961 for the crisis of Bizerte). He celebrates the memory of the 23,000 soldiers who died for France, French and Harkis, as well as the civilian victims. It was inaugurated on December 5, 2002 by the President of the Republic, Jacques Chirac, in the presence of Michèle Alliot-Marie, Minister of Defence, and Hamlaoui Mekachera, Secretary of State for Veterans Affairs. In 2003, it was in memory of the inauguration of this monument that the date of December 5 was chosen to establish the "National Day of Tribute to the Dead for France during the Algerian War and the fighting in Morocco...