The
Organisation de l'armée secrète (
OAS — or
Organisation armée secrète, lit. "Organisation of the Secret Army" or "Secret Armed Organisation") was a short-lived
French dissident
far-right paramilitary organisation during the
Algerian War (1954–62). The OAS used
armed struggle in an attempt to prevent Algeria's independence from French colonial rule. Its motto was ("Algeria is French and will remain so").