Corsica’s coup faced only theatrical leftist resistance that crumbled quickly.

Evidence

Only in Bastia was there a semblance of resistance by the Left, under slightly opéra bouffe circumstances. There the Socialist deputy mayor refused to accept Salan’s nomination of Thomazo as military governor of the island, and refused to leave his office. Finally, as a face-saver, the deputy mayor announced he would depart either if formally under arrest, or arm-in-arm with the insurgents, singing the Marseillaise. The Marseillaise won. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 896