Pierre Paul Jeanpierre (14 March 1912 – 29 May 1958) was a Frenchman, a soldier of legend in the French Foreign Legion who initially served in the French Army, he fought during which war, was between France and the Algerian National Liberation Front, from 1954 to 1962, which led to Algeria gaining its independence from France?
Algerian War
Title: Algerian War
Passage: 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.  An important decolonization war, it was a complex conflict characterized by guerrilla warfare, maquis fighting, and the use of torture by both sides.  The conflict also became a civil war between the different communities and within the communities .  The war took place mainly on the territory of Algeria, with repercussions in metropolitan France.
Title: Pierre Jeanpierre
Passage: Pierre Paul Jeanpierre (14 March 1912 – 29 May 1958) was a Frenchman, a soldier of legend in the French Foreign Legion who initially served in the French Army.  He fought during World War II, the First Indochina War, the Suez Crisis and the Algerian War, where he was killed in action.  Apart from a short effective time in the French resistance and days in deportation, he served exclusively since 1936 non-stop with Foreign Legion units, most notably along the entire history making of the Foreign Airborne Battalions and Regiments, and more particularly as regimental commander of the 3 time reconstituted 1st Foreign Parachute Battalion becoming the 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment (1 REP) until his demise.  Uncomparable prestigious commander, colonel Jeanpierre will always remain the symbol of the 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment.  Pierre advanced and placed his foreign regiment within the best assault troops amongst the French Armed Forces elite.  In French Algeria, the name Jeanpierre surpassed the reputation that of Bigeard, with this nuance however: Pierre never did anything to showcase nor claim the later.
Title: 1st Parachute Chasseur Regiment
Passage: The 1st Parachute Chasseur Regiment (French: "1 Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes, 1 R.C.P" ) is the oldest and among the most decorated airborne regiments of the French Army beside the 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment, the 13th Parachute Dragoon Regiment and the Foreign Parachute Battalions, Regiments, Companies and Units of the French Foreign Legion.  Established in the French Army in 1943 and formerly present in the French Air Force since 1937, the chasseur distinguished Regimental Colors during the campaigns of the Liberation of Paris, the First Indochina War in 1947, 1950, 1953, 1954 and the Algerian War.  This elite regiment is part of the 11th Parachute Brigade.
Algerian War Pierre Jeanpierre