France regrouped a million Algerians to sever the army from the people

Evidence

The French authorities have recently officially recognized the existence of one million displaced, regrouped Algerians. They wanted to cut the army off from the people. They wanted, so it appears, to avoid the “rotting of Algeria.” But how far can one go? — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 99

Categorization

• XREF: Regroupment as a mechanism of colonial control parallels the reader’s interest in how the colony permeated social sectors. — connects to: French regroupement policy relocated over a million Algerian peasants into guarded camps.; French army sweeping operations drove Algerians into the F.L.N. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 348; French countermeasures such as ratissages and prison drove Algerians into the F.L.N. (+8 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 99

Related

• The regroupment policy displaced over a million Algerian villagers into camps with scandalous conditions. (similarity 0.88)
• Regroupment camps won militarily but drove Algerians into F.L.N. ranks (similarity 0.88)
• French regroupement policy relocated over a million Algerian peasants into guarded camps. (similarity 0.88)
• French regroupment camps caused severe physiological deterioration among Algerians (similarity 0.86)
• Regroupment camps held a million Algerians in dead-of-cold, starvation conditions. (similarity 0.86)
• Regroupement bred resistance even as it hampered the A.L.N. militarily. (similarity 0.84)
• French army sweeping operations drove Algerians into the F.L.N. (similarity 0.84)
• French countermeasures such as ratissages and prison drove Algerians into the F.L.N. (similarity 0.84)
• Heavy-handed military reprisals in Algeria drove more Algerians to join the rebels. (similarity 0.83)
• Regroupment camps interned over a million Algerian villagers in squalid conditions (similarity 0.83)
• Regroupment camps produced physiological deterioration severe enough to defeat medication (similarity 0.83)
• French regroupment policy severed the FLN from village support (similarity 0.81)
• Regrouped Algerians deteriorated physiologically to the point that medication stopped working. (similarity 0.81)
• Resettlement camps won ground militarily but created enduring political grievance for the F.L.N. (similarity 0.80)
• Algerian women regrouped in camps turned displacement into revolutionary political organization (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• French regroupement policy relocated over a million Algerian peasants into guarded camps. #expands (0.95)
• The regroupment policy displaced over a million Algerian villagers into camps with scandalous conditions. #expands (0.95)
• Regroupment camps held a million Algerians in dead-of-cold, starvation conditions. #expands (0.75)
• Regroupment camps won militarily but drove Algerians into F.L.N. ranks #qualifies (0.70)
• French regroupment camps caused severe physiological deterioration among Algerians #expands (0.70)
• Brutal French reprisals backfired by deepening Algerian hatred of France #contradicts (0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 525
• French army sweeping operations drove Algerians into the F.L.N. #complicates (0.55) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 348
• French countermeasures such as ratissages and prison drove Algerians into the F.L.N. #complicates (0.50)
• Heavy-handed military reprisals in Algeria drove more Algerians to join the rebels. #complicates (0.50) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 342
• Winning militarily while losing politically doomed the French army in Algeria #contradicts (0.40)