The Berlin Conference and the Bombardment of Algiers 1830

In 1830, a French fleet of over 600 ships appeared off the coast of Algiers, carrying 37,000 troops under General de Bourmont. The invasion that followed ended centuries of Ottoman rule and set the stage for France's North African empire. This episode explores the immediate military campaign—the landings at Sidi Ferruch, the battle of Staouëli, and the fall of the Casbah—alongside the political calculus in Paris that drove Charles X to gamble on conquest. We also examine the role of the Dey's janissaries, the plague that weakened the city's defenses, and the looting of the Dey's treasury. The episode touches on the legacy of the Barbary corsairs and how the 1830 bombardment echoes in Franco-Algerian relations today. A focused look at a pivotal military operation that reshaped the Mediterranean. #History #FexingoHistory #BerlInConference #BombardmentOfAlgiers #CharlesX #GeneralDeBourmont #SidiFerruch #Staoueli #Casbah #DeyHussein #Janissaries #BarbaryCorsairs #OttomanEmpire #FrenchColonialism #Algiers #1830 #MediterraneanHistory #Algeria Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo