Charles Martel Group
It was named after Charles Martel, the Frankish military leader who defeated the Umayyad invasion of Gaul at the Battle of Tours in 732.The radical group claims to have chosen Martel as their namesake in honor of his successful defense of France (then Frankish Kingdom) over a thousand years prior.A terrorist organization targeting the French government for supporting the Algerian independence movement popped up using a similar name in the 1960s before the radical group came together.Relations had not been going well and the Algerians were upset at many things, including prior terror attacks, The French president made a bold move by going.Mauritania was another former French colony who was now involved in a war of their own with other African factions including the radical group known as the Polisario Front.