De Gaulle’s 1960 tour divided Algeria’s European and Muslim communities openly

Evidence

Landing in Oranie on the morning of the 9th in pouring rain, de Gaulle had an immediate shock in his first stop at the small town of Ain-Témouchent. Some 5,000 pieds noirs were mustered, waving hostile placards and sounding out on whistles and car hooters the familiar “dit-dit-dit, dah-dah” of Algérie française. De Gaulle betrayed only a gesture of annoyance at the loud chants of “à bas de Gaulle!”; then, to the horror of Government-Delegate Morin and his escort, he strode off into the crowd to shake hands with a minority group of Muslims who, in antithesis, were shouting: “Algérie algérienne…Vive de Gaulle!” — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1299

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the chapter’s core theme of how the savage-war-of-peace concept plays out on the ground, and to earlier barricades week scenes. — connects to: The 1960 Algerian debate polarized France between two manifestos.; Algeria’s Jewish community was fatally divided and then wholly expelled regardless — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1262; By late 1960 both Muslim and European Algerians had lost faith in de Gaulle — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1276 (+5 more)

Related

• The 1960 Algerian debate polarized France between two manifestos. (similarity 0.90)
• The December 1960 riots ended de Gaulle’s multiracial Algeria vision (similarity 0.89)
• By late 1960 both Muslim and European Algerians had lost faith in de Gaulle (similarity 0.89)
• December 1960’s violence destroyed de Gaulle’s multi-racial Algérie algérienne vision (similarity 0.86)
• December 1960’s Muslim demonstrations decisively turned the Algerian war (similarity 0.83)
• December 1960’s riots shattered three founding myths of French Algeria (similarity 0.83)
• European liberals and Muslim Algerians shared hopes for a negotiated peace before 1956. (similarity 0.81)
• After December 1960 the army, not the pieds noirs, drove events in Algeria (similarity 0.80)
• Algeria’s Jewish community was fatally divided and then wholly expelled regardless (similarity 0.80)
• December’s lesson reshaped de Gaulle’s subsequent Algeria policy (similarity 0.80)
• Muslim masses openly proclaimed support for de Gaulle and the F.L.N. simultaneously (similarity 0.80)
• De Gaulle paired Muslim representation guarantees with a peace offer to the FLN (similarity 0.79)
• De Gaulle’s 1958 arrival threatened the F.L.N. through fraternisation and a Muslim third force (similarity 0.79)
• De Gaulle’s intransigent refusal to yield to the riots proved strategically correct (similarity 0.78)
• French metropolitan opinion rallied behind de Gaulle against the Algiers insurgents (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• The December 1960 riots ended de Gaulle’s multiracial Algeria vision #expands (0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1312
• Muslim rioters attacked Algeria’s Jewish community during the 1960 demonstrations #exemplifies (0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1311
• Algeria split between Europeanised coast and Muslim-populated mountain interior #qualifies (0.50) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 144
• De Gaulle’s Algerian Republic speech ruptured the francisation triptych and his allies #corroborates (0.50) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1287