Algiers ultras harbored deep Pétainist loyalties and distrust of de Gaulle

Evidence

Once again there was no thought in the despairing minds of the “ultras” of “what then?” Nothing revealed better the egoistic isolationism of their despair and the unreal world which it drove them to inhabit than Susini’s wild declaration at this time: “The irreversible process is now under way. Between the republic and Algeria, we choose Algérie française!” Characteristically, the possible reaction of fifty million metropolitan Frenchmen was simply not taken into account. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1092 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Ultras believed they could depose de Gaulle as they had raised him; Algerian ultras refused to reckon with metropolitan France’s reaction — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1092; Algerians read the retreat of colonialism from settler fear and anger (+2 more)

Related

• Algerian ultras refused to reckon with metropolitan France’s reaction (similarity 0.91)
• Ultras believed they could depose de Gaulle as they had raised him (similarity 0.88)
• French metropolitan opinion rallied behind de Gaulle against the Algiers insurgents (similarity 0.86)
• The ultras staged the uprising to force the army against de Gaulle (similarity 0.86)
• De Gaulle’s allies saw Algeria as subordinate to the French state’s crisis (similarity 0.82)
• Algerian ultras in 1958 wanted army rule but stopped short of Rhodesian independence (similarity 0.82)
• Rapidly shifting loyalties in wartime France weakened Algerian trust in any authority (similarity 0.82)
• De Gaulle’s pursuit of national grandeur required sacrificing Algeria. (similarity 0.82)
• Algeria was only one element of de Gaulle’s larger ambitions. (similarity 0.81)
• Algerian ultranationalists equated the Fourth Republic’s legitimacy with Vichy’s treachery. (similarity 0.81)
• De Gaulle’s intransigence aligned with French public opinion rather than his entourage’s despair (similarity 0.81)
• De Gaulle presented secession as one of Algeria’s three possible futures. (similarity 0.81)
• De Gaulle’s true intentions on Algeria remain a fundamentally contested riddle. (similarity 0.81)
• Algeria remained pro-Vichy while Equatorial Africa went over to de Gaulle. (similarity 0.81)
• De Gaulle’s intransigent refusal to yield to the riots proved strategically correct (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Ultras believed they could depose de Gaulle as they had raised him #expands (0.60)
• Algerian ultras refused to reckon with metropolitan France’s reaction #expands (0.55) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1092
• Algerians read the retreat of colonialism from settler fear and anger #qualifies (0.45)