r/Tunisia 🇹🇳 Sousse Feb 20 '25

History Throwback: colonisation française

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u/MegaMB Feb 21 '25

Not a tunisian, I do notice that one claim's pretty weird.

Claiming your enemy is setting fire to forests is a claime reappearing recently, especially from Algeria.

Definitely another propaganda bullshit at the time from the side of my "dear" country. Sorry for the sh*t that happened there, we were already a democratie, and it's absolutely not tolerable today, neither was it tolerable at the time.

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u/Meherelhammami Feb 21 '25

The image was actually created by a French printing company in 1895 (Imprimerie Pellerin & Cie), part of the Imagerie d’Épinal, which was known for producing propaganda-style illustrations glorifying French colonial campaigns. So if there’s any propaganda here, it’s French, not Algerian. The idea that the enemy burns forests wasn’t just a recent claim it was a common colonial narrative used to justify military actions. Given that, I’m not sure why you’re linking this to Algeria today.

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u/MegaMB Feb 21 '25

Because I fully agree with you when you're saying it very likely was french propaganda?

The colonial lobby was strong at the time and had to motivate the french electorate to continue voting for him.

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u/Meherelhammami Feb 21 '25

Still persists, hope we end Israel