De Gaulle relocated his Algerian government to escape pied noir mobs

Evidence

Morin’s second duty was to prepare, in the utmost secrecy, a new headquarters outside the dangerous cauldron of Algiers, at Rocher-Noir, a few miles along the coast. The purpose was to avoid a possible repeat of the embarrassing predicament of January, where the representative of France might find himself confronted with the choice of either beating an undignified retreat, or being made a prisoner of an “ultra” mob. The principle was a wise one; only its execution would be too late. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1290

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: De Gaulle relocated Algeria’s command to Rocher-Noir to escape ultra mobs, but too late.; Nearly 1.4 million pieds noirs resettled in France after Algerian independence — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1620; Pied noir settlers plotted repeatedly to kill de Gaulle over Algeria — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1299 (+2 more)

Related

• De Gaulle relocated Algeria’s command to Rocher-Noir to escape ultra mobs, but too late. (similarity 0.92)
• Pied noir settlers plotted repeatedly to kill de Gaulle over Algeria (similarity 0.87)
• Delouvrier’s withdrawal from Algiers demoralized the insurgents (similarity 0.82)
• De Gaulle publicly declared Papa’s Algeria dead to challenge pied noir delusions (similarity 0.81)
• Every French reform effort in Algeria was blocked by pied noir pressure groups (similarity 0.81)
• De Gaulle restructured Algerian governance into a two-tier hierarchy to tighten control. (similarity 0.81)
• Pied noir soldiers balked at shooting Muslim demonstrators to save Algérie française (similarity 0.80)
• Ultras believed they could depose de Gaulle as they had raised him (similarity 0.80)
• December’s lesson reshaped de Gaulle’s subsequent Algeria policy (similarity 0.80)
• Pied noir ultrac organisations crystallized in early 1956 and dominated Algiers for six years (similarity 0.80)
• Algeria was only one element of de Gaulle’s larger ambitions. (similarity 0.80)
• The O.A.S. continued assassinating de Gaulle long after Algeria fell. (similarity 0.80)
• Pied noir denial and metropolitan distraction forestalled any French response to the revolt (similarity 0.80)
• De Gaulle declared pied noir colonial nostalgia politically dead in 1959. (similarity 0.79)
• De Gaulle’s allies saw Algeria as subordinate to the French state’s crisis (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Pied noir settlers plotted repeatedly to kill de Gaulle over Algeria #expands (0.50) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1299
• Nearly 1.4 million pieds noirs resettled in France after Algerian independence #complicates (0.20) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1620
• Pied noir denial and metropolitan complacency froze Algeria into a vicious deadlock #complicates (0.20) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 332