An attack on a port in this present-day country began Operation Catapult an
An attack on a port in this present-day country began Operation Catapult and was followed up by a failed raid on Dakar. An event in this country was used as justification at Jean Bastien-Thiry's trial for an attempted assassination. This country's first president was placed under house arrest after a coup led by Houari Boumedienne (oo-AH-ree boom-dee-EN). Colonial loyalists during this country's war of independence included harkis and pied-noirs. Following that war, Ahmed Ben Bella became this country's first president. The Evian Accords, signed by this country's FLN and representatives of Charles de Gaulle, guaranteed its independence. For 10 points, name this large north African country once controlled by France.