Independence Day in Tunisia

Independence Movement DayAfter the Second World War, an active movement for independence developed in Tunisia. And despite the repression that the colonial authorities unleashed on the national independence movement in 1951, military resistance to the colonialists grew.

Fellah detachments burned the estates of French planters, blew up bridges, killed French officers. In 1952 and 1953, harvests in large latifundia were filmed under tank protection.

France sent 70,000 regular troops to the country, and yet the liberation movement was spreading everywhere: the organized Tunisian proletariat entered the struggle. In June 1955, France was forced to make concessions, she agreed to grant Tunisia independence, but ... without the right to determine the country's foreign policy.

On March 20, 1956, a new treaty was signed giving Tunisia full independence. Since then, this day is celebrated in the country as a holiday. Independence Day.

In April 1956, Habib Bourguiba was elected Prime Minister, and in July 1957 – President of the country. He was a recognized leader of a party which, compared with other bourgeois parties, was more firmly connected with the broad masses of the people and had undeniable merits in the national liberation movement.