De Gaulle planned five atomic divisions once the Algerian war ended

Evidence

In equally brutal language he was soon torpedoing Macmillan’s hopes for a Free Trade Area in Europe; while to his intimates he was revealing his ambitions to create a truly modern army at the earliest opportunity: “As soon as the Algerian war is ended, I shall form five atomic divisions….” — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 954

Categorization

• XREF: De Gaulle’s independent nuclear force ties to his NATO unilateralism — extends the reader’s sense of how Algerian policy interconnected with France’s global posture. — connects to: France’s nuclear modernization coincided with the last troops leaving Algeria

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• France’s nuclear modernization coincided with the last troops leaving Algeria (similarity 0.91)
• De Gaulle leveraged Algeria to demand France’s nuclear and NATO independence (similarity 0.86)
• Algeria was only one element of de Gaulle’s larger ambitions. (similarity 0.82)
• De Gaulle presented secession as one of Algeria’s three possible futures. (similarity 0.80)
• De Gaulle’s allies saw Algeria as subordinate to the French state’s crisis (similarity 0.79)
• De Gaulle sought army success to reconcile it to Algerian independence (similarity 0.79)