Air force defections stripped the putsch of its troop-lift capacity within days.

Evidence

Perhaps the most humiliating blow to his prestige as an air force general was that — like the “god Hercules” deserting Mark Antony before Alexandria — Nicot and the air force had started defecting from the rebel cause. At the beginning of the putsch there had been forty-five big Noratlases and various other transports capable of ferrying two regiments, but one by one these now slipped off to France. Mystère fighters were sent up to patrol the Rhône valley, with orders to force down any rebel aircraft attempting to head for Paris. By Tuesday the 25th Algeria was virtually denuded of troop-carrying aircraft, even down to the hospital transports. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1388 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Air force defections stripped the putsch of its capacity to reach France — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1388

Related

• Air force defections stripped the putsch of its capacity to reach France (similarity 0.94)

Broader Connections

• Air force defections stripped the putsch of its capacity to reach France #expands (0.85) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1388