Algerian fighters in Tunisia outnumbered the infant Tunisian army.

Evidence

There were some 150,000 Algerians in Tunisia, many of them heavily armed and outnumbering the infant Tunisian army itself. Thus Bourguiba saw the whole basis of his authority undermined and reacted by arresting and disarming over a thousand of the squabbling F.L.N. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 700

Categorization

• XREF: The scale of Algerian refugee/combatant presence abroad connects to the reader’s interest in the war’s spread across borders in the colonial sphere. — connects to: Algerian refugees in Tunisia outnumbered and threatened the Tunisian state; French decolonization of Morocco and Tunisia handed the F.L.N. open frontiers; Tunisia faced simultaneous French and FLN military pressure — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 768 (+1 more)

Related

• Algerian refugees in Tunisia outnumbered and threatened the Tunisian state (similarity 0.94)
• Tunisia faced simultaneous French and FLN military pressure (similarity 0.90)
• FLN units staged cross-border ambushes from Tunisian sanctuary (similarity 0.84)
• French decolonization of Morocco and Tunisia handed the F.L.N. open frontiers (similarity 0.84)
• Bourguiba’s Tunisia was militarily decisive for F.L.N. survival (similarity 0.84)
• Without Bourguiba Tunisia the FLN would likely have been crushed militarily (similarity 0.83)
• Independent Morocco and Tunisia gave the F.L.N. sanctuaries that assured its survival. (similarity 0.83)
• Bourguiba survived opposing French and FLN pressures as key intermediary (similarity 0.82)
• FLN cross-border raids from Tunisia provoked French bombing of Sakiet (similarity 0.82)
• Algerians fighting for France outnumbered those fighting for independence (similarity 0.82)
• France’s granting independence to Morocco and Tunisia in 1956 gave the F.L.N. open frontiers (similarity 0.81)
• Bourguiba balanced sanctuary against avoiding full war with France (similarity 0.81)
• Foreign weapons flowed through Tunisia while the interior Wilayas asphyxiated without reinforcements. (similarity 0.80)
• Undelivered Moroccan weapons crippled the F.L.N.’s Oran operations (similarity 0.80)
• Bourguiba’s mediation was essential to FLN military survival (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• FLN units staged cross-border ambushes from Tunisian sanctuary #corroborates (0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 777
• Tunisia faced simultaneous French and FLN military pressure #complicates (0.50) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 768