French officers dismissed rebel sightings two days before the revolt
Evidence
At a first emergency conference summoned by Léonard early on the morning of the 1st, he, Vaujour and General Cherrière, the Army Commander-in-Chief, all agreed that, from the evidence already available, it was a question of isolated incidents rather than of any general insurrection. Equally it was agreed (thus giving roots to the fateful legend) that all must have been decreed from Cairo, and not set up within Algeria itself. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 299 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: French officials mistook the revolt for isolated Cairo-directed incidents — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 299; French military contempt and complacency blinded them to the coming revolt
Related
- French officials mistook the revolt for isolated Cairo-directed incidents (similarity 0.92)
- Interior F.L.N. leaders distrusted the Cairo external delegation over arms. (similarity 0.89)
- French military contempt and complacency blinded them to the coming revolt (similarity 0.88)
- France believed wrongly that toppling Nasser would collapse the Algerian revolt. (similarity 0.82)
- Pied noir denial and metropolitan distraction forestalled any French response to the revolt (similarity 0.80)
- Premature uprisings limited the revolt’s potential final success (similarity 0.79)
- The failed December 1960 coup irrevocably committed part of the French army to revolt (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- French officials mistook the revolt for isolated Cairo-directed incidents
#corroborates(0.85) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 299 - French military contempt and complacency blinded them to the coming revolt
#expands(0.75)