I&S French Algeria(OLiver & Nano)

This podcast discusses the French colonization of Algeria, focusing on the years 1830 to 1847. The main events are described through a French soldier's journal. The podcast explores the research question of why Kabir was the only region of Algeria to maintain its independence throughout the colonization. The French initially arrived in Algiers to gain control after a fight between the French consul and the Algerian leader. They defeated Algerian troops in the Battle of Toulon and began colonizing Algiers. They attracted the leader of Meria and faced resistance from Kabir, resulting in a retreat and loss of troops. The French plundered Algiers and faced resistance from Algerian troops. They conquered the coast of Algeria but faced resistance in expanding further. The French army received reinforcements and fully conquered Algeria except for Kabir. The French struggled to conquer Kabir due to their fighting spirit and the difficult mountainous terrain. The French winning the Battle of Sa Good morning everyone, welcome to our podcast of the French colonization of Algeria. We will use a French soldier's journal to explain and display the main events that occurred during the French colonization of Algeria. We will also display what a French soldier experienced at war. Our podcast will focus on the years of 1830 to 1847, as those were the years the French were colonizing Algeria. The research question for this podcast is, why was Kabir the only region of Algeria that kept its independence throughout the French colonization? The reason we chose a research question about Kabir was because it's very unusual that such a small region of Algeria kept its independence for 17 years throughout the French colonization, considering every other region got colonized. We will now begin reading the main events inside the journal. The date is 14th of June, 1830, and I am on a boat just arriving 27 kilometers west of Algiers. There are about 30,000 of us in pursuit to begin our French colonization of Algeria by starting in Algiers. We plan to retain our military and economic power, as well as to gain Algiers' natural resources and territory. We have been sent here to Algeria because the French consul got in a fight three years ago with the leader of Algiers. Due to the French not being allowed into Algiers, the consul decided that we overrule Algeria. The date is the 5th of July, 1830, and we have recently defeated the Algerian troops in the Battle of Toulon. Now we will begin the colonization of the capital of Algeria, Algiers. The French consul has sent more troops to Algiers to keep control of the colonization and to ensure that we take over Algiers. The date is the 19th of June, 1831, and we are going to Meria to attract the leader of Meria, as the leader has surrendered and is now supporting us, which has made the whole population of Meria angry at the leader. We are also going to take away the French soldiers that are defending Meria. The date is the 23rd of June, and while we were heading back to Algiers, we kept on getting attacked by Kabir, and we were forced to retreat, which resulted in a panic, and then the minister of Behenzi failed to control the havoc. And we lost around 300 troops. The date is the 25th of August, 1833. The Turkish Generatories have left Algeria, and we were ordered by the consul to begin plundering the city of Algiers by arresting and killing the Algerians. Most of the Turkish have now left after our plundering of Algiers. The plundering has left a big power vacuum in important territory, but this information quickly spread across Algeria to Algerian troops, and this has made it a big hassle for us to occupy more regions, as Algeria has sent soldiers to protect the lands where the big power vacuum has occurred. The date is 22nd of June, 1834, and we have almost entirely conquered the coast of Algeria. We now rule main cities such as Oran, Algiers, Setif, Bouk, Bonn, and Constantin. We are wanting to expand the colonized area, but the resistance from Algerians is drastically slowing us down, even more from colonizing small cities around the colonized area. The date is the 16th of June, 1835. Oran has been sending threats to us, and it seems as if a big war is starting. But we are quite short on supplies, but we should be fine. The date is 28th of June, 1835, and we have started retreating from the fight between Oran and the Strait River, as we are short on supplies. We are now making our way to Asma, and I hope that we will be able to conquer efficiently. The date is 15th of June, 1840, and reinforcements have been sent here to ensure that we colonize Algeria successfully. There are about 100,000 of us now, due to the reinforcements sent, which is a third of the French army. The date is the 23rd of June, 1840, and we have fully conquered the coast, except for Kabir, and we have started moving south, so that we can conquer the bigger regions. The date is 16th of May, 1842, and we have now recently won the Battle of Samala. Algeria is now collapsing quickly, and I believe we will soon conquer Algeria. We were able to defeat Algeria, due to our more advanced and better weaponry, as well as our manpower, which ultimately led to the Algerian soldiers getting very tired, which led to us gaining a territory. The date is the 25th of September, 1847, and we have conquered the entirety of Algeria, except for a small region in the north, called Kabir. The reason we have struggled so much to conquer it, is because whenever we put more pressure on them, they would just fight back and fight back, which made it extremely difficult to conquer them, because they never gave up. The massive mountain range in and around Kabir made it very difficult to get into the region quickly. Hello again, everyone. That was very interesting, wasn't it, Oliver? Indeed it was, Manon. Do you believe that the French winning the Battle of Samala was a turning point for the French colonization? Yes, I definitely think it was a turning point for the French, as it was described by the soldiers that the French winning the Battle of Samala resulted in Algeria collapsing, and basically losing all hope. The French also had over 100,000 soldiers, a third of the French army at the time, in Algeria, before the Battle of Samala, which always would have made the French more likely due to their massive soldiers and advanced weaponry. Winning the Battle of Samala made the French more confident and stronger, which ultimately led to Algeria being almost completely conquered by 1847. Now Oliver will conclude why Kabir was the only region of Algeria that maintained its independence throughout the French colonization. Using evidence gathered, Kabir was the only region in Algeria that kept its independence throughout the French colonization, because of the region's fight and passion to never let the French colonize their region. Kabir also had a few very good fighters, such as one called Lala Farhama Nsoumeh. Kabir used the mountainous regions to their advantage, and used guerrilla attack tactics to defend their region for a very long time. Guerrilla attack tactics is a tactic where enemies get led into an area where they get surrounded. This makes it extremely difficult for the enemies to be a threat, as they are all completely surrounded with no escape. The guerrilla attack tactic was a very successful tactic for the people of Kabir, as it meant that they could defend their region for a long time, and withstand many French attacks. The leader of Kabir, Bahadur, was also very passionate not to surrender to the French, so that Algeria could keep somewhat of independence in one small region. I completely agree Oliver. Thank you everyone for listening to our podcast, and we hope you enjoyed it. Thank you.