(1/3) #OTD 1945 World War 2 ended and perhaps the worst government ever, Nazi Germany, fell. The world celebrated freedom. But all was not well, particularly in Algeria. Algerians greeted #VEDay with celebrations in Sétif and Guelma, & marches for national liberation. 
(2/3) In response, French colonial forces, combined with ultranationalist militias, brutally supressed the demonstrators & launched a series of terrorist attacks. The resulting massacres killed thousands to tens of thousands, namely in Sétif & Guelma
(3/3) While we can recognize that 8 May 1945 brought an end to a horrendous world war, we can also recognize that its end did not fix the world's problems. Colonial powers, freed from European war, were again able to repress colonized peoples
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