What war between France and the Algerian National Liberation Front inspired the Manifesto of the 121?
Manifesto of the 121: The Manifesto of the 121 (French: "Manifeste des 121" , full title: "Déclaration sur le droit à l’insoumission dans la guerre d’Algérie" or "Declaration on the right of insubordination in the Algerian War") was an open letter signed by 121 intellectuals and published on 6 September 1960 in the magazine "Vérité-Liberté". Manifesto of the 121:  It called on the French government, then headed by the Gaullist Michel Debré, and public opinion to recognise the Algerian War as a legitimate struggle for independence, denouncing the use of torture by the French army, and calling for French conscientious objectors to the conflict to be respected by the authorities. Algerian War: The Algerian War, also known as the Algerian War of Independence or the Algerian Revolution (Arabic: الثورة الجزائرية‎ ‎ "Al-thawra Al-Jazaa'iriyya ";, Berber: ;, French: "Guerre d'Algérie" or "Révolution algérienne ") was a war between France and the Algerian National Liberation Front (French: "Front de Libération Nationale" – FLN) from 1954 to 1962, which led to Algeria gaining its independence from France.
The Algerian War