Algerian F.L.N. commanders fought for freedom yet wore Nazi regalia

Evidence

Whether out of nostalgia for the good old days or detestation for the French, in photos he almost invariably appeared in an incongruous Wehrmacht steel helmet. Under Mohamedi Said, and frequently at odds with him, arose another new figure who was renowned and dreaded for his remorseless cruelty, Ait Hamouda, alias Amirouche. A skeletally tall montagnard from the Djurdjura with wide-set eyes and a heavy moustache, Amirouche had been a member of both the religious Ulema and, in Paris, of Messali’s M.T.L.D. Of remarkably quick and decisive intelligence, Amirouche when still under thirty had assumed command of a group in Kabylia on his own initiative, following the death of its leader. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 408

Categorization

• QUESTION: Amirouche’s career and Nazi associations raise questions worth tracing — did wartime collaboration shape later F.L.N. tactics?
• XREF: connects to: Both sides in the Algerian war believed they fought for a just cause — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 644

Related

• Army officers saw the Algerian war as both career security and a noble cause. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Both sides in the Algerian war believed they fought for a just cause #expands (0.50) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 644