Regional1961

Bizerte crisis

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Bizerte · Tunisia

Estimated casualties

654single estimate · no range published

Approximately 630 Tunisians and 24 French killed in three days of fighting.

SOURCEscholarly

A July 1961 clash after Tunisia blockaded the French naval base at Bizerte to force its evacuation. A three-day battle left some 630 Tunisians and 24 French dead before France reasserted control; it withdrew fully in 1963.

Belligerents2

Tunisia
France

Sources

Wikipedia: Bizerte crisis
UCDP Conflict Encyclopedia
Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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