De Gaulle purged the May 1958 army activists through scattered postings.
Evidence
Yet at the same time he appreciated that it cried out for a firm hand and, masochistically, for a restoration of discipline. In the last analysis, he reckoned, “the army would obey”. Thus “On this vast apparatus, effective in preventing the situation from worsening, but incapable of solving the insoluble, a wealth of ingenuity, conscientiousness and patience was expended.” Ruthlessly, but with caution, de Gaulle embarked on a major purge of the “activists” in the army of Algiers. The loyal Gaullist General Ely was brought back as Chief of the General Staff and given the task of scattering the ringleaders of May by posting them, in twos and threes, to units in France or Germany. By the following March only two of those officers were still left in Algeria, while some 1,500 others had either been transferred, or simply retired. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 948
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: The 13 May coup was widely foreknown yet nobody stopped it; The Algiers leaders planned a para airborne coup against Paris in May 1958.; De Gaulle purged Algeria’s army of May 1958 activists (+2 more)
Related
- De Gaulle purged Algeria’s army of May 1958 activists (similarity 0.95)
- The Algiers leaders planned a para airborne coup against Paris in May 1958. (similarity 0.90)
- De Gaulle’s first cabinet deliberately sidelined the May activists. (similarity 0.88)
- De Gaulle purged senior officers who failed to obey during the crisis (similarity 0.85)
- De Gaulle let subordinates voice hard-line positions he would later disavow. (similarity 0.79)
- Thousands of French officers were implicated and internally denounced in the putsch’s aftermath (similarity 0.79)
- De Gaulle took power in June 1958 offering no Algerian solution. (similarity 0.79)
- The 13 May coup was widely foreknown yet nobody stopped it (similarity 0.78)
- The Algerian army command openly threatened to replace de Gaulle over self-determination. (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- De Gaulle purged senior officers who failed to obey during the crisis
#expands(0.85) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1136