In execution of the general communication plan of the People's National Army for the year 2025, the Territory Air Defense Forces Command organized on October 15th, 2025 a conference entitled “The memorable Battles of the National Liberation Army” the battle of El Djorf and its strategic importance”, animated respectively by Doctor “DELYOUH Abdelhamid” and Doctor « KERFI Salah » Professor of history at Algiers II University.
Both speakers have addressed in their interventions a descriptive and analytical presentation of the Battle of El Djorf as one of the decisive steps in the course of the Glorious Liberation revolution, they also focused specifically on the political and the military circumstances that have preceded the outbreak of this battle as well as the challenges of that time, before moving to the details of the battle’s progress and its development on the ground. A battle in which the fighters showed unprecedented resilience and a rigorous military organization facing a heavily armed and equipped colonial army.
Both speakers have also evoked the strategy that was adopted by the National Liberation Army that enabled it to confront the colonial army despite the great disparity in terms of materials and personnel
At the end of the conference, both speakers have concluded that the results of the battle of El Djarf have constituted a decisive turning point in the path of the Liberation revolution, since the colonial army failed to achieve its objectives ,namely the annihilation of the revolution’s command and the destruction of all its human and material capabilities; also this army was compelled to admit that the Liberation revolution was organized and led by a military elite on the ground which is equipped with a clear military vision .
That said, this battle highlits the heroism and the well-thought-out strategic planning , as well as the genius of the Algerian revolutionary leaders who confronted one of the most powerful armies driven by their profound conviction of the righteousness of their cause.
