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Italeri 6183 1/72 Beau Gest Algerian Tuareg Revolt 1877/1912

Product Code: IT6183S
Barcode: 8001283061834
$128.99
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The French conquest of Algeria took place between 1830 and 1847. The French colonial policy of the following years was based on a progressive territorial expansion in the North African and Sub-Saharan territories. At the end of the nineteenth century the Tuaregs opposed a fierce resistance to the French troops for the defense of their lands of origin of the central Sahara. The clashes between the troops of the French Foreign Legion, which had developed and presided over a series of forts in the most remote areas of Algerian territory, and the Tuareg Berber troops were numerous and violent. The long struggles ended with the signatures of the treaties of 1905 and 1917 where the proud local populations could not compete with the most advanced and modern weapons of the French army. Historical events inspired numerous novels and films.