Final answer:
The term 'Black Horror' likely refers to the violent French retaliation against Algerian resistance. During the Algerian struggle for independence, after VE Day in 1945, the French police violently suppressed Algerian parades, leading to high casualties. The French military ruthlessly fought Algerian revolutionaries employing guerrilla tactics, while imposing brutal control over its other African colonies.
Step-by-step explanation:
France’s Actions During the Black Horror in Algeria
The term “Black Horror” is not a common reference in historical texts, but it may be referring to the violent repression that took place in Algeria during the struggle for independence from France. On May 8, 1945, coinciding with VE Day, a parade celebrating the end of World War II was met by armed French police, leading to an exchange of gunfire and losses on both sides. This ignited further violence, with rural Algerians attacking pieds noirs (European settlers in Algeria), resulting in dozens of European deaths. The French retaliation was brutal, with estimates of the Algerian casualties ranging from 6,000 to 30,000.
Led by the National Liberation Front (FLN), the Algerian push for independence was influenced by the recent loss of French Indochina by France. The FLN employed guerrilla tactics as well as acts of terrorism and torture against those they suspected of supporting the French regime. France responded with severe military force, sending over 400,000 troops to Algeria by 1956 to suppress the independence movement.
In other French colonies such as those in West Africa, there were also conflicts and rebellions against French colonial rule. Notably, Captain Paul Voulet's campaign through what is now Niger was infamously brutal. Throughout these colonies, there was a clear pattern of French violence and repression in response to resistance against their colonial rule.