Challe Plan

Challe Plan
	Part of the Algerian War
Date	6 February 1959 – April 1961
Location	Northern Algeria
Result	see § Aftermath
Belligerents
France	FLN
Commanders and leaders
Maurice Challe; (Commander-in-Chief in Algeria)	Houari Boumédiène; (Commander-in-Chief of the ALN); Mohand Oulhadj; (Commander of Wilaya 3); Si El Haouès †; (Commander of Wilaya 6); M'Hamed Bougara; (Commander of Wilaya 4); Colonel Amirouche †
Strength
~15,000 professional troops; ~60,000 Harki troops;	~21,150 troops in October 1958
Casualties and losses
Low	Per France:; 3,746 killed; Per FLN:; Heavy

Challe Plan (French: Plan Challe), also known as Challe Offensive, was the codename of a strategic offensive carried out by France in 1959–1961 during the Algerian War. Named after the French general in command, Maurice Challe, the plan resulted in French troops regaining control over much of northern Algeria, weakening the National Liberation Army (ALN) forces for a while and marking a point of maximal French military dominance during the war. Despite some military successes, the Plan failed to achieve its objective, the ALN was not defeated and the cause for Algerian self-determination had only grown more popular, both domestically in France and internationally.