No Napoleon made Algeria part of France.
The closest call was that Louis Napoleon (later Napoleon III) was elected President of the Republic on Dec 10, 1848, one day after certain parts of Algeria were designated Metropolitan Departments.
Between 1815 and Dec 1848 no Napoleons were running France.
You’re probably right...I was writing from memory from stuff read a decade ago. Regardless, algeria was part of france for a long time and that created a pipeline of muslim migration into france.
If you haven’t I invite you (and every FReeper) to read Simon Murray’s book about his five years in the French Foreign Legion in Algeria. It’s called simply _Legionaire._
You learn what it was like to go through FFL basic, go into combat with the FFL airborne, and see how thorough their training was at the start of the 60’s. Also, you’ll read about the Algerian independence effort to make the French give up Algeria, the Pied Noir (Black Feet) that tried to keep Algeria a part of France, and the mutiny of Legion airborne battalion.
I hope everyone finds the book as fascinating to read as I did!