De Gaulle’s decolonisation rhetoric was the final trigger for Challe’s decision.

Evidence

The previous day Challe in disgust had heard de Gaulle deliver an “inhuman homily” to the Press, declaring, “Decolonisation is our interest and, therefore, our policy. Why should we remain caught up in colonisations that are costly, bloody and without end, when our own country needs to be renewed from top to bottom?” Algeria, he was now convinced, “will be sovereign, both within and without”, and France would place no obstacle in its way. That was it! Without even informing his wife, Challe decided to act. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1347

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Call of honour above pied-noir loyalty drove Challe’s doomed revolt; De Gaulle and Challe gave conflicting accounts of the self-determination private briefing. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1039; De Gaulle’s pursuit of national grandeur dictated abandoning Algeria (+1 more)

Related

• Call of honour above pied-noir loyalty drove Challe’s doomed revolt (similarity 0.89)
• Challe aimed to change Gaullist policy, not remove de Gaulle (similarity 0.87)
• De Gaulle and Challe gave conflicting accounts of the self-determination private briefing. (similarity 0.87)
• Challe’s loyalty to the republic collapsed only when de Gaulle shifted toward Algerian self-determination (similarity 0.85)
• Challe’s focus on battlefield offensives blinded him to his colonels’ plotting (similarity 0.84)
• Challe confined the coup to Algeria to keep fighting the ALN (similarity 0.84)
• Challe came to believe de Gaulle had encouraged him to perjure himself (similarity 0.84)
• Renouncing Si Salah forced de Gaulle to negotiate solely with the FLN (similarity 0.83)
• De Gaulle’s true intentions on Algeria remain a fundamentally contested riddle. (similarity 0.83)
• De Gaulle’s pursuit of national grandeur required sacrificing Algeria. (similarity 0.83)
• Dissident colonels threatened to replace de Gaulle with Challe. (similarity 0.83)
• De Gaulle’s Algeria offensive aimed partly to distract the army from politics (similarity 0.83)
• De Gaulle’s double-dealing with Si Salah’s breakaway F.L.N. faction pushed Challe toward revolt. (similarity 0.82)
• De Gaulle appealed directly to the G.P.R.A. despite the private deal with Si Salah (similarity 0.82)
• De Gaulle’s triumphant Algeria slogans masked his private conviction the colony was doomed (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• De Gaulle’s pursuit of national grandeur dictated abandoning Algeria #corroborates (0.60)
• Mention of secret F.L.N. contact Si Salah imperilled the trial of Challe #responds-to (0.40) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1400