---
category: Paramilitary
location: Algiers, Algeria
start: 1954
summary: The National Liberation Front (FLN) was the Algerian nationalist armed movement
  that fought the 1954-1962 independence war against France, backed by Gamal Abdel
  Nasser, and became the country's dominant political party after independence.
tags:
- Organization
- Political
- Algeria
---

The National Liberation Front (FLN) was a nationalist political party and armed liberation movement in [Algeria](/places/algeria/). By 1955, the French government was facing an insurrection from the FLN, which was strongly supported by [Gamal Abdel Nasser](/people/gamal-abdel-nasser/). The bloody war for independence, which resulted in 250,000 deaths, came close to destroying [France](/places/france/) over five years and inspired Arab revolutionaries throughout the Middle East.[^1]

[^1]: Hersh, Seymour M. *The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy*. Random House, 1991. Chapter 2.