European settler farms served as A.L.N. granaries after French grain destruction

Evidence

Since 1955, many farms belonging to European settlers have been used by turns as infirmaries, refuges, or relay stations. When the French troops, in the course of their forays, began to make a habit of systematically destroying the grain reserves of the Algerian population, the A.L.N. decided to stock their supplies on the farms of Europeans. Thus several farms belonging to Europeans were transformed into A.L.N. granaries, and at nightfall sections of the A.L.N. units could be seen coining down from the mountains to take delivery of sacks of wheat or semolina. — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 526

Categorization

  • XREF: Directly relevant to reader’s question: shows how the material infrastructure of European settlers became apparatus for the revolution. — connects to: Counterinsurgent double agents severed villagers’ food support from the A.L.N.; Jewish tradesmen in close contact with Algerians supplied the A.L.N. militarily — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 498; European settlers actively aided the F.L.N. and died for the Algerian cause (+2 more)

Broader Connections