National Memorial to the Algerian War and the Combats in Morocco and Tunisia

The National Memorial to the Algerian War and the Combat of Morocco and Tunisia is a war memorial erected on the Quai Jacques-Chirac, in the 7th district of Paris, facing the Eiffel Tower. It commemorates the independence conflicts that took place in French North Africa (AFN) from 1952 to 1962. These include the conflicts in the French departments of Algeria and the French departments of Sahara, retrospectively called the Algerian War (1954-1962), and those in the French protectorates of Morocco and Tunisia, referred to as the "Tunisia and Morocco combat" (1952-1956, then 1961 for the Bizerte crisis).

It honors the memory of the 23,000 soldiers who died for France, including French soldiers and Harkis, as well as civilian victims.

It was inaugurated on December 5, 2002, by the President of the Republic, Jacques Chirac, in the presence of Michèle Alliot-Marie, Minister of Defense, and Hamlaoui Mekachera, Secretary of State for Veterans. In 2003, December 5 was chosen as the date to establish the "National Day of Tribute to those who died for France during the Algerian War and the combat of Morocco and Tunisia" in memory of the inauguration of this monument.

The memorial is the work of Gérard Collin-Thiébaut. It consists of three vertical electronic displays embedded in three columns, each 5.85 meters tall, scrolling information related to the people and events commemorated, respectively in each of the three colors of the French flag:

• On the first column, the names and first names of the 23,000 soldiers and harkis who died for France in North Africa continuously scroll.
• The second column displays messages recalling the period of the Algerian War and the memory of all those who disappeared after the ceasefire.
• On March 26, 2010, the President of the Republic and his government decided to inscribe on this column the names of the civilian victims of the rue d'Isly demonstration in Algiers on March 26, 1962.
• On the third column, thanks to the use of an interactive terminal located at the base of the monument, visitors can display the name of a searched soldier among all the names on the list.
• Engraved on the ground is: "In memory of the combatants who died for France during the Algerian War and the fights in Morocco and Tunisia, and of all the members of the auxiliary forces, killed after the ceasefire in Algeria, many of whom have not been identified."

There is also a plaque with the inscription: "The Nation associates the missing persons and civilian populations, victims of massacres or acts of violence committed during the Algerian War and after March 19, 1962, in violation of the Évian Accords, as well as civilian victims of the fights in Morocco and Tunisia, with the tribute paid to the combatants who died for France in North Africa."