battle, Cold War

Battle of Timimoun

Name: Battle of Timimoun
Location: Algeria

Battle of Timimoun was a battle fought in November 1957 in what is now Algeria. Recorded strength: 1750 men; 11 planes; 6-12 helicopters; ~100 motorized vehicles against 150-200 moujahideen.

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FoughtNovember 1957

WhereAlgeria29.250N, 0.250E

BelligerentsFrench ArmyagainstALN

Casualties and losses16 killed and 18 injured; 4 helicopters crashedand95 dead

Record

Date	November 1957 (month precision) to December 1957
Place	Algeria 29.250N, 0.250E
Kind	Battle, Cold War
Strength	1750 men; 11 planes; 6-12 helicopters; ~100 motorized vehicles	150-200 moujahideen
Casualties and losses	16 killed and 18 injured; 4 helicopters crashed	95 dead
Commanders	Marcel Bigeard

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Ksar el Azoudj 1903, 323 km NW
Siege of Laghouat 1852, 564 km NE
Battle of Magoura 1871, 583 km N
Battle of Isly 1844, 639 km N
Siege of Tlemcen 1335, 643 km N

Elsewhere in 1957

Suez Crisis Egypt
Battle of Bouzegza France
Battle of Fellaoucene France
Battle of La Plata Cuba
1957 United States Air Force incursion into Albanian airspace Albania

Battle of Timimoun is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 155 in present-day Algeria.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q65149601, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Timimoun, revision 1370591095, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.