Army officers plotted a synchronized double coup for Bastille Day 1960 that was aborted.

Evidence

Momentarily, Algeria seemed to recede from the limelight, but meanwhile, all the time, unseen pressure from the syndicalistes and the “respectable” Left was mounting for de Gaulle to initiate peace negotiations in earnest with the F.L.N. The growth of war-weariness in France was becoming particularly apparent; that is, apparent to all but those army leaders now bent upon eliminating de Gaulle so as to continue the struggle to “save” Algeria. For, inept and ineffectual as it had been, the would-be coup in December 1960 had marked a crossing of the Rubicon. Sections of the French army were now irretrievably committed to revolt against the head of state in all his authority, and to all that so grave a commitment signified. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1332 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The failed December 1960 coup irrevocably committed part of the French army to revolt — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1332

Related

• The failed December 1960 coup irrevocably committed part of the French army to revolt (similarity 0.92)
• A failed frontier offensive sparked a colonel-led coup plot against the G.P.R.A. (similarity 0.79)
• The January insurrection was a preplanned coup using Massu only as pretext. (similarity 0.78)
• Army officers saw the Algerian war as both career security and a noble cause. (similarity 0.78)
• A coup plot against civil government in Algeria emerged in late 1956 (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• The failed December 1960 coup irrevocably committed part of the French army to revolt #expands (0.55) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1332