Tunisia's Fellagha and the Battle for Independence (Episode 1 - Rebels) | Al Jazeera World
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To some, they are heroes, while others called them outlaws.
Even their name - the Fellagha - had different meanings for different people. While the word literally translates to "bandits", in 20th century Tunisia, they were known as those who resisted the French presence in North Africa's smallest country.
In Tunisia, they were the separatist resistance fighters who launched a campaign against French colonial rule which, together with political negotiations, culminated in independence in 1956.
Drawn mainly from the mountainous rural south of the country, the Fellagha drew inspiration from their ancestors - rebels who had opposed the French immediately after colonial rule began in the 1880s.
By the 1920s, resistance to the French presence was growing, and by World War Two the Fellagha were launching regular attacks on French military installations in the country. In 1952, the armed resistance was officially launched and by 1954, Fellagha ranks had swollen to several thousand fighters.
Although the Fellagha faced a military opposition that was better equipped, better funded, more experienced, and had much greater numbers, they were determined. While on paper, the French army was a far superior force than the Fellagha, the Tunisians had local knowledge and public support on their side.
Like other North African independence movements, Tunisia's decades-long fight against colonial rule also began as a mainly political one - but was not ultimately achieved without a violent struggle.
In this two-part documentary, we take a look at the Fellagha mainly through the eyes of its old fighters: men who fought the French, and then continued to take issue with the country's new government even after independence.
In Episode 1, Rebels: When the French colonised Tunisia in the late 19th century they cemented their rule, but also triggered the founding of an armed rebel movement. As the independence movement grew, so did their armed struggle. This episode is built around the first-hand testimony of these Fellagha fighters, now old men but still vividly recalling how they were recruited, farmers by day and fighters by night; the details of their anti-French paramilitary activity and the toll the conflict took on their communities.
Episode Two will be available from October 2, 2019.
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Des grands hommes !!
روعة تونس حارب الروم في عهد قرطاج و حاربت العرب في عهد البربر وحاربت فرنسا .وحركات و تمشي تونس للاستقلال طان رائع ياليت فلسطين تتعلم ولو قليل
اعتقد كلامك كلام اغبياء. شنو تقصد فلسطين تتعلم. ليش همه اختارو الاستحلال خليج همه لي خانو عرب. اول عربي صافح بريطانيا همه سعوديه وبعده اغبيا باقيه شعوب ماله ذنب
Allah Akbar❤️🇹🇳
The freedom fighters must be rolling in their graves seeing their kids turning away from religion.
exactly, the ummah is in a bad state...
Religion is not necessary in life.
Did you even watch this?
@@tunisianpartisan1080 I agree 👍
So sad its secular😤😤
N'oublions jamais, résistant un jour, résistant pour toujours. Nos ancêtres du Sud portaient les couilles de la Tunisie avec courage. Respect
Yet you still speak french
@@maazahmedpoke LMAO
Je suis sfaxien et mes ancetres ne sont pas du sud et ils se sont battus. Les khroumires du nord ouest se sont battus.
Parle mieux jeune enfant, et ai du respect et de l'humilité au lieu d'insérer ton insolence dans la division, nos ancètres du sud de la Tunisie avaient l'éthique du musulman.
واو كلش عجبني هاذا تاريخ و قصص و تمنيت من عرب سوي افلام او مسلسلات على هاذا شيءٍ. ليش دفنه تاريخ اطفالنه متعرفه.
Soundtrack name of the intro
Didn’t talk about Farhat Hached…
مساكن التوانسه...مات الشعب يدافع على الارض..و يجيو طرابلسيا و الغنوشي و شلتو.. ينهبو
هيج يا شعب بالعلم تربح و خوذو نصيبكم من الحياة الكريمة ل
My moms dad was one
respect for your grandfather
All my Respect
My grandfather my father's dad was one of them too
@@mohammedmouradouertani2585 My great grandpa was ali ben khalifa nafati, my family is so proud of it
@@mediocer5968 really I didn't know that you have facebook account
I wish they didnt show ww2 british footage in this doc while talking bout war in tunisia
Fun Fact im the great grandson of ali ben khalifa nafati!
9oul wAllah
@@uzumy7366 Wallah, ib rass omi zeda
@@mediocer5968 saha saha Allah Yhafdhek
Tunisia
SAIED NHEBEK TUNISIA KAIROUAN FIDARE DANKE LIEBER GOTT HAMDOULAH✊❤️🌹❤️✊🌠
❤🇹🇳❤🇹🇳❤
🇹🇳👍❤
Hahaha what a joke ! There was no war for the Tunisian independence, these were merely civilian protests and demonstrations. France had limited interests in keeping this protectorate (not a colony) and returned it to its people in 1956 without a fight. The only battle worthy of the name was in Bizerte in 1961 because of Tunisian agression and we could see what the French were capable of. We repulsed Tunisians and we left the base according to our own agenda and what had been agreed in 1956. The only war was in Algeria and on military terms, the French won by 1961. The ALN was destroyed. All the rest is political and Arab revisionism to say "oh we expelled the French or this or that". They were so happy to get rid of us that they have come to France to get salaries, pensions, benefits and normal living conditions. Before long, they will have to understand that they are the causes of their own problems. Blaming the colonizer is just a pretext for an excuse. The funniest is, Tunisians are arguably the most advanced and closest to Western society of all North Africans. If this is such a bad thing, they can return to their traditions from the 7th century. Maybe it's what AlJazeera expects. I am not sure the Tunisians would consider this as a appreciable progress.
Bullshit spotted here
يعطيك ما عطى البهيم لامو هذا شنوا نجم نقلك
So youre actually proud of what france did ?
@@its4481 What did France do according to you ?
@@Nettempereur you know that every empire that conquers a country leaves its cultural attributes behind ? There is no need to be proud of what france has left in north africa. The reason why france has invaded tunisia after they ve invaded algeria , was because of the high debts tunisia had , cause the bey back then was trying to modernize tunisia by getting loans from european countries such as england and france . They gave the credits with such a horrendous interest rate , that there was no way tunisia could ve payed it back while moving on to industrialize the country. It was all planned from the beginning to take over tunisia that way. Tunisia is not a military country unlike algeria and tunisia isnt the worst off in terms of french colonialization ,but looking at other examples such as algeria , morocco and west africa i think i dont have to explain what bad things the french did..
-Indus valley civilization was once an advanced civilization - Then Islam came and slowly they crumbled and today it’s the most backward - Afg, Pak
-Egypt was once an advanced civilization - Then Islam came and slowly they crumbled and today its one of the most backward.
-Mesopotamia was once an advanced civilization - Then Islam came and slowly they crumbled and today its one of the most backward - Iraq
-Persia was once an advanced civilization - Then Islam came and slowly they crumbled and now look at Iran
The people of these lands have tremendous potential but Islam has destroyed their intellect!
Not only that islam killed our berber identity
Bullshit, if you talk like that that means only thing, you ignore history of those countries
@LIGHTNING YT البربر مازلو موجودين ، بورقيبة معمللهم شيء ،
We are mixed dumasses
Tunisians aren’t Arabs they are are berbers and Andalusian.