Operation Jumelles

Operation Jumelles
Part of Algerian War
DateJuly 1959 – March 1960
Location
Kabylia Wilaya III
Result French victory
Belligerents
 France FLN
Commanders and leaders

General Maurice Challe (commander-in-chief)

General Jacques Faure		 Unknown
Strength
20,000 – 50,000 Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown

3,106 killed

  • 2,506 captured

Operation Jumelles (English: Operation Binoculars) was a military operation which was part of the Algerian War in Kabylia, Algeria. It lasted from 22 July 1959 to March 1960. It was fought between the FLN and the French Army.

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