Ben Bella spent most of his life in prisons, French and Algerian

Evidence

This too was unsuccessful, though as part of his general amnesty measures on assuming the presidency in January 1959 de Gaulle ordered the prisoners transferred to the slightly more comfortable surroundings of the île d’Aix, the fortress isle in the Bay of Biscay where Napoleon had passed his last days on French soil in July 1815 before being transported to his ultimate exile aboard H.M.S. Bellerophon. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 972 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: De Gaulle transferred Ben Bella to Napoleon’s island of exile — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 972

Related

• De Gaulle transferred Ben Bella to Napoleon’s island of exile (similarity 0.95)
• The Ben Bella hijacking sealed off any negotiated end to the war. (similarity 0.79)
• Suez and the Ben Bella affair destroyed Mollet’s Algerian policy. (similarity 0.79)
• Boumedienne seized power from Ben Bella in a 1965 army coup. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• De Gaulle transferred Ben Bella to Napoleon’s island of exile #expands (0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 972