De Gaulle sacked Massu over a press interview that criticized his Algerian policy.

Evidence

It has often been alleged that, in the wake of the devastating riots that shook Paris in the May of that year, the loyalty promised by Massu (then commanding the army in Germany) was made conditional upon an amnesty for all his fellow-officers still atoning for sins committed during the Algerian war. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1455 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Massu allegedly traded army loyalty for amnesty of Algerian war officers — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1455; The January insurrection was a preplanned coup using Massu only as pretext.

Related

• Massu allegedly traded army loyalty for amnesty of Algerian war officers (similarity 0.92)
• The January insurrection was a preplanned coup using Massu only as pretext. (similarity 0.86)
• A single newspaper interview toppled Algeria’s most trusted general (similarity 0.81)
• Algeria’s top army commander publicly pledged to disobey de Gaulle (similarity 0.80)
• Massu publicly declared the army would not obey de Gaulle when still loyal (similarity 0.79)
• The January 24 insurrection was a pre-planned coup, not a spontaneous reaction. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• The January insurrection was a preplanned coup using Massu only as pretext. #contradicts (0.60)
• Massu allegedly traded army loyalty for amnesty of Algerian war officers #complicates (0.40) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1455