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The question comes from the perception that Algeria is something distinct from mainland France. This is not the view that the French had; they saw Algeria as being an intrinsic part of France across the waves, in much the same way that Americans see Hawaii or Spaniards see the Canary Islands. We can compare Algeria, which had 7 départments and full integration with France, to Morocco or Tunisia which were French Protectorates and were not integrated into the French State. As a result, controlling Algeria was for the purpose of maintaining the unity of the French Republic. At the time of the Algerian War, there were over 1 million Pied-Noirs (Non-Muslim French citizens in Algeria), one of the largest French populations outside of Europe.

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