الاحتفالات القرنية الفرنسية في الجزائر : قراءة في الأسباب و النتائج

Abstract EN

In preparation for World War I, which was looming, the French authorities enacted the forced conscription Act of 03 February 1912, which enlisted Algerians in the French army as French nationals, despite strong opposition from a majority of Algerians.

In the first half of the twentieth century, committees were formed and proposals were made to the French Government for political, economic, social and cultural reforms for the benefit of the people, for example the Clemenceau reforms or the 1919 February 04 Act.

The Algerian participants in the first World War (1914-1918) were given a beautiful response, as a result of the campaign launched by various national figures, led by Prince Khaled, who demanded the Algerian people's right to self-determination, in a memo sent to the American President Wilson.

However, this law reflected the aspirations of the Algerian people, which disappointed them, as it guaranteed granting some privileges to some Algerians in return for giving up their Islamic personality, and it appears that what the French authorities did in their view in response to what the Algerian youth did in the first World War.

Although it was a French initiative to reform Algerians, it was not at the level of the aspirations and sacrifices of Algerian youth, and it was in fact a policy that only scolded the Algerians, because it served a very narrow group of Algerian people who supported France.

But what made matters worse was the French authorities' loud celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of France's occupation of Algeria, which increased the national awareness among Algerians