An Algeria cut off from France could not survive more than a fortnight

Evidence

The least imposing of the quartet, Zeller, was an irascible sixty-three-year-old Alsatian (described by one writer as perpetually bearing “the ruffled look of an angry hen”) who had huffily resigned from the army twice in the space of four years. Finally retired as Chief-of-Staff to the Ground Forces, he was regarded as an expert on logistics, but the report he now gave Challe was unexpectedly depressing: there was only three weeks’ stock of medical supplies, milk and olive oil, while the vaults of the Banque de France were found to contain no more than twelve million dollars and less than a million dollars in gold and foreign currency. Zeller now reckoned that an Algeria boycotted by France could last little more than a fortnight — a considerable reduction on the three months bandied around before the generals left France — added to which, none of the potential foreign “allies” looked like coming forward with any kind of material aid. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1374

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Pied noir survival in Algeria was untenable even without O.A.S. violence — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1655; France could not contemplate Algerian withdrawal because Algeria was legally part of France — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1649

Related

• Pied noir survival in Algeria was untenable even without O.A.S. violence (similarity 0.87)
• France could not contemplate Algerian withdrawal because Algeria was legally part of France (similarity 0.84)
• Francisation destroyed Algeria’s native political cadres, leaving no negotiating partners. (similarity 0.81)
• The Battle of Algiers marked the end of any possibility of negotiated settlement (similarity 0.81)
• Suez’s humiliating withdrawal devastated returning French troops’ morale in Algeria (similarity 0.80)
• By 1960 French operations had destroyed most regular A.L.N. katibas inside Algeria (similarity 0.80)
• Harki recruitment depended on France’s pledge never to abandon Algeria (similarity 0.79)
• Granting Tunisian and Moroccan independence without Algeria was a strategic error. (similarity 0.79)
• Defeat in Algeria paradoxically produced a stronger France (similarity 0.79)
• French Algérie served as a defensive bulwark against Soviet influence (similarity 0.79)
• Severing Algeria proved a net economic gain for France (similarity 0.79)
• Algeria lacked the established governing structures that Tunisia and Morocco enjoyed (similarity 0.79)
• French official archives still held Algeria war secrets long after the conflict (similarity 0.79)
• French paratroops hardened in Algeria led the Suez landing. (similarity 0.79)
• The army viewed any negotiated ceasefire as toppling its war effort in Algeria (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Pied noir survival in Algeria was untenable even without O.A.S. violence #expands (0.75) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1655
• France could not contemplate Algerian withdrawal because Algeria was legally part of France #qualifies (0.50) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1649