Battle of Timimoun

Battle of Timimoun
	Part of Algerian War
	; Representation of the operation by Marcel.
Date	November - December 1957
Location	Timimoun, French Algeria
Result	French victory
Belligerents
France	FLN
Commanders and leaders
Marcel Bigeard; Pierre Jeanpierre; Lt. Pierre Roher †; René Sentenac †	Ezzaoui Bouhouce
Units involved
3rd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment; 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment	ALN Wilaya VI;
Strength
1,750 soldiers; 11 planes; 6 Helicopter; (Bigeard figure)	100+
Casualties and losses
36 killed total; 24 wounded	40-45 fighters killed ; 6 captured

The Battle of Timimoun or Opération Timimoun were several military confrontations between the French armed forces led by General Marcel and native méharists whom defected over to the National Liberation Front of Algeria (FLN).

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