Challe’s net starved the A.L.N. into losing the operational initiative

Evidence

“One could no longer move,” stated one of Mohand Ou El-Hadj’s lieutenants: … One no longer ate. I was so weak that I could no longer even manage to carry my sub-machine-gun. The establishment of military posts, the multiplying of self-defence communities and intelligence agents was making life impossible, and even survival itself…. It was only by executing traitors one after the other that we did manage to survive. But one was never able to regain the initiative. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1015 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The A.L.N. reached peak military strength in 1958 despite heavy losses; The Challe Plan’s pressure drove the A.L.N. near starvation and defensive paranoia. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1015; Political crisis in Algiers interrupted Challe’s offensive just as the A.L.N. neared collapse — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1159 (+3 more)

Related

• The Challe Plan’s pressure drove the A.L.N. near starvation and defensive paranoia. (similarity 0.93)
• Pre-Challe French tactics wasted vast firepower while letting the A.L.N. slip away intact (similarity 0.91)
• By 1960 French operations had destroyed most regular A.L.N. katibas inside Algeria (similarity 0.90)
• French military pressure by 1958 drove A.L.N. morale collapse and mass defection (similarity 0.89)
• The A.L.N. reached peak military strength in 1958 despite heavy losses (similarity 0.89)
• French operations had reduced the interior A.L.N. to 8,000 scattered men (similarity 0.87)
• Political crisis in Algiers interrupted Challe’s offensive just as the A.L.N. neared collapse (similarity 0.85)
• French offensives shattered the F.L.N.’s interior command-and-control network by 1959 (similarity 0.84)
• The A.L.N. appeared statistically defeated by early 1960 (similarity 0.83)
• Boumedienne’s retreat to Tunisian sanctuary deceived France about Challe Plan success (similarity 0.83)
• Challe aimed to disrupt rather than annihilate the F.L.N. (similarity 0.82)
• Regroupement bred resistance even as it hampered the A.L.N. militarily. (similarity 0.82)
• Challe’s military victory was illusory because guerrilla forces could regenerate. (similarity 0.82)
• Challe confined the coup to Algeria to keep fighting the ALN (similarity 0.81)
• Challe’s military victories proved hollow because Boumedienne was rebuilding rebel strength abroad (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• The Challe Plan’s pressure drove the A.L.N. near starvation and defensive paranoia. #corroborates (0.80) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1015
• Counterinsurgent double agents severed villagers’ food support from the A.L.N. #corroborates (0.75)
• By 1960 French operations had destroyed most regular A.L.N. katibas inside Algeria #expands (0.60)
• French operations had reduced the interior A.L.N. to 8,000 scattered men #expands (0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1160
• Political crisis in Algiers interrupted Challe’s offensive just as the A.L.N. neared collapse #qualifies (0.50) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1159