Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pa1948, kubiridzira musarudzo kwakatadzisa mapato emarudzi kubudirira kukuru musarudzo. Kunyange zvakadaro, UDMA yakabatanidzwa mumushandirapamwe wesarudzo. Pashure pokugadzirwa kweFLN (National Liberation Front) uye kutanga kweHondo yeRusununguko
, nhaurirano dzakaitwa kuti dzikurukure kubatanidzwa kweUDMA neFLN. Pakupedzisira, kwakasarudzwa kuti UDMA, kufanana neCommunist Party yeAlgeria, yaizoparara uye kuti mitezo yayo yaizobatana neFLN. Ferhat Abbas naAhmed Francis, vatungamiriri vaviri vakakurumbira vebato, vakatizira kuCairo ndokubatana nevatungamiriri veFLN.