Question: 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?

Context articles: Pierre Jeanpierre
Torture during the Algerian War of Independence
Algerian War
Djamila Boupacha
Czechoslovak Legion in France
Algerian People's National Armed Forces
1st Parachute Chasseur Regiment
Pierre Segrétain
History of the French Foreign Legion
Foreign Legion Command

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.
Elements of the French Armed Forces as well as of the opposing Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) made use of torture during the Algerian War of Independence (1954–62), creating an ongoing public controversy.
 Pierre Vidal-Naquet confessed that there were "hundreds of thousands of instances of torture" by the French military in Algeria.
 The Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) were engaged in the use of torture against pro-French and uncommitted members of the Algerian population, to justify the use of torture (by the French).
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.
Djamila Boupacha (born 9 February 1938 in Bologhine, a suburb of Algiers) is a former militant from the Algerian National Liberation Front.
 She was arrested in 1960 for attempting to bomb a cafe in Algiers.
 Her confession, which was obtained by means of torture and rape, and her consequent trial affected French public opinion about the methods used by the French army in Algeria, after publicity by Simone de Beauvoir and Gisèle Halimi.
 Boupacha was sentenced to death on June 29 1961, but was given amnesty under the Evian accords and later freed on 21 April 1962.
Enrollment of Czechoslovak volunteers in the French Foreign Legion started in Paris on August 21, 1914.
 August 31 marked the creation of the 1st Company, Battalion C of the 2nd Infantry Regiment of the Foreign Legion in Bayonne.
 Meeting in the city, the soldiers greeted each other with "Na zdar!"
 (a greeting used by members of the Sokol movement) and hence came to be called "Nazdar!"
 Company (""rota Nazdar"" in Czech).
 The company was part of the French army's Moroccan division, and took part in heavy combat during assaults near Arras on May 9 and June 16, 1915, where it suffered heavy casualties.
 Because of these, Battalion C, including as "Nazdar!"
 Company, was disbanded, and volunteers continued to fight in various French army and Foreign Legion units.
The Algerian People’s National Armed Forces (Armée nationale populaire) is the armed forces of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria.
 Algeria has a large military to counter foreign and domestic threats.
 It is the direct successor of the Armée de Libération Nationale (ALN), the armed wing of the nationalist National Liberation Front, which fought French colonial rule during the Algerian War of Independence (1954-1962).
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.
Pierre Côme André Segrétain (7 November 1909 – 8 October 1950) was a French infantry and airborne officer of the French Army and French Foreign Legion who fought in World War II and the First Indochina War, primarily in Foreign Legion units.
 He received command of the 1st Foreign Parachute Battalion "(1 BEP)" when the battalion was created in 1948 and led for two years in Indochina before being fatally wounded while leading his battalion during the Battle of Route Coloniale 4.
The French Foreign Legion has had a long and unique history amongst the units of the French Army.
 The French Foreign Legion was historically formed of expatriate enlisted personnel led by French officers.
 Founded by a royal ordinance issued by King Louis Philippe of France on March 9, 1831 with aim of bolstering the strength of the French Army while also finding a use for the influx of refugees inundating France at the time.
 The Foreign Legion subsequently found a permanent home in the ranks of the French military.
 The Foreign Legion's history spans across Conquest of Algeria, the Franco-Prussian War, numerous colonial exploits, both World Wars, the First Indochina War, and the Algerian War.
The L'Etat-major du Commandement de la Légion Étrangère (French: "L'Etat-major du (C.O.M.)mandement de la (L.)égion (É.)
trangère, C.O.M.L.E" ) or Foreign Legion Command refers to the general staff headquarters (French: "L'Etat-major" ) of the Legion, directed by the Commandment element of the French Foreign Legion (French: "Commandement de la Légion Étrangère" ), the latter patronized by the Commandant of the Legion.
 The "Commandement de la Légion Étrangère" has adopted various inspecting, grouping, and commanding designations since 1931 and has been designated as C.O.M.L.E since 1984.
 The Divisional General commanding the Legion, surnamed or other known as "Father of the Legion" (French: "Le Père Légion" ) is a direct subordinate of the Chief of Staff of the French Army (C.E.M.A.T).
 The divisional général is the technical counselar commanding for the ensemble related to the Legion ( recruitment, traditions, employment, regimental formations and security).