Battle of Timimoun
| Battle of Timimoun | |||||||
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| Part of Algerian War | |||||||
Representation of the operation by Marcel Bigeard. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| France | FLN | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Marcel Bigeard Pierre Jeanpierre Lt. Pierre Roher † René Sentenac † | Ezzaoui Bouhouce | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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3rd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment |
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| Strength | |||||||
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1,750 soldiers 11 planes 6 Helicopter (Bigeard figure) | 100+ | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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36 killed total 24 wounded |
40–45 fighters killed 6 captured | ||||||
The Battle of Timimoun or Opération Timimoun involved several military confrontations in Timimoun between the French Armed Forces led by General Marcel Bigeard and native Méharistes whom defected over to the National Liberation Front of Algeria (FLN).