Algerian independence coincided with the start of France’s economic miracle.

Evidence

If one excludes the imponderable factor of the loss of the oil resources developed by French knowhow and capital, the ending of the war and the severance of Algeria must be reckoned a net gain to France’s economy. Certainly it was from the date of Algerian independence in 1962 that France’s own economic “miracle” stems — even though after that moment she continued still to bolster Algeria to the extent of approximately £700,000 a day. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1637

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Defeat in Algeria paradoxically produced a stronger France; Severing Algeria proved a net economic gain for France; Algeria’s loss paradoxically produced a stronger postcolonial France — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 8

Related

• Severing Algeria proved a net economic gain for France (similarity 0.92)
• Defeat in Algeria paradoxically produced a stronger France (similarity 0.90)
• Algeria’s loss paradoxically produced a stronger postcolonial France (similarity 0.84)
• Suez guaranteed eventual Algerian independence while stiffening French resolve to win. (similarity 0.81)
• Algeria’s oil nationalization triggered French economic retaliation (similarity 0.81)
• Interdependence forced reconciliation between France and Algeria despite violence. (similarity 0.81)
• Algerians credited France’s Algerian achievements as benefiting French settlers, not natives. (similarity 0.80)
• Saharan oil discovery added an economic motive to France’s Algerian war (similarity 0.80)
• France made substantial material and infrastructural improvements in Algeria (similarity 0.80)
• Post-independence Algeria’s economic planning badly damaged its agriculture and trade. (similarity 0.80)
• Saharan oil gave France a new economic motive to win the war (similarity 0.79)
• France’s 1871 loss to Prussia intensified its colonization of Algeria (similarity 0.79)
• Economic problems threatened even a visibly prosperous 1980s Algeria (similarity 0.79)
• Post-war France’s economic boom absorbed over a million pieds noirs. (similarity 0.79)
• Postwar France’s economy stagnated dramatically compared with Germany and Britain (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Algeria’s loss paradoxically produced a stronger postcolonial France #corroborates (0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 8