Challe aimed to change Gaullist policy, not remove de Gaulle

Evidence

Challe continues to insist that it was not his design to bring down the de Gaulle government, but merely “to change its policy”. Under no circumstances would he, the good republican, back anything that smacked of a fascist regime. This moderation, however, was certainly not shared by his fellow plotters, for the majority of whom Captain Sergent probably speaks: The absolute key to the whole business was de Gaulle — it was essential that de Gaulle should be removed….If I had known Challe’s thoughts, I would not have gone with him in April 1961…I fought to win the war — not like those generals who fought for the sake of their good consciences. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1355

Categorization

• XREF: Aims at the reader’s core interest in how the settler/military rebellion diverged internally — mirroring splits among colonial actors. — connects to: Dissident colonels threatened to replace de Gaulle with Challe.; De Gaulle’s Algerian programme initially resembled previous policy; Challe’s loyalty to the republic collapsed only when de Gaulle shifted toward Algerian self-determination — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1344 (+2 more)

Related

• Dissident colonels threatened to replace de Gaulle with Challe. (similarity 0.92)
• Challe’s loyalty to the republic collapsed only when de Gaulle shifted toward Algerian self-determination (similarity 0.91)
• Challe’s focus on battlefield offensives blinded him to his colonels’ plotting (similarity 0.87)
• De Gaulle’s decolonisation rhetoric was the final trigger for Challe’s decision. (similarity 0.87)
• The Algerian army command openly threatened to replace de Gaulle over self-determination. (similarity 0.87)
• Challe confined the coup to Algeria to keep fighting the ALN (similarity 0.87)
• Challe came to believe de Gaulle had encouraged him to perjure himself (similarity 0.85)
• De Gaulle’s Algeria offensive aimed partly to distract the army from politics (similarity 0.85)
• Call of honour above pied-noir loyalty drove Challe’s doomed revolt (similarity 0.85)
• De Gaulle and Challe gave conflicting accounts of the self-determination private briefing. (similarity 0.84)
• De Gaulle’s true intentions on Algeria remain a fundamentally contested riddle. (similarity 0.83)
• France’s Algerian military dominance coexisted with its political weakness at home (similarity 0.82)
• De Gaulle’s allies saw Algeria as subordinate to the French state’s crisis (similarity 0.81)
• Challe’s refusal to shed French blood fatally paralyzed his putsch (similarity 0.81)
• Algeria was only one element of de Gaulle’s larger ambitions. (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Challe’s loyalty to the republic collapsed only when de Gaulle shifted toward Algerian self-determination #expands (0.70) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1344
• Challe came to believe de Gaulle had encouraged him to perjure himself #qualifies (0.55) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1161
• De Gaulle’s Algerian programme initially resembled previous policy #corroborates (0.45)