By 1956 rebel bands stood and fought instead of melting into the maquis
Evidence
The time had passed “since the wounding of a fellagha was considered an event. Deaths now came in dozens.” A strong rebel band had been pinned down and was being strafed by French planes; but instead of attempting to slip away into the maquis, as in the past, “They went on firing back at the fighters, very confidently, at the helicopters, at ourselves, and at everything that moved or glittered.” — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 513
Categorization
- XREF: Evidence of the war’s escalation in rebel confidence — feeds the reader’s causal picture of mutual escalation. — connects to: Military defeat of guerrilla bands shifted rather than ended the revolution’s political impact
Related
- Local republics sustained resistance after their formal armies collapsed. (similarity 0.83)
- Military defeat of guerrilla bands shifted rather than ended the revolution’s political impact (similarity 0.82)
- Military defeat of the rebellion coincided with its growing political entrenchment among civilians (similarity 0.82)
- The military defeat of the maquis shifted resistance into political clandestine organization among villagers. (similarity 0.82)
- Heavy-handed military reprisals in Algeria drove more Algerians to join the rebels. (similarity 0.81)
- Massive French troop increases failed to halt the rebellion’s spread in 1955-56. (similarity 0.81)
- Heavy-handed counterinsurgency sweeps drove the young into the maquis (similarity 0.80)