French soldiers retaliated against Arab civilians with mass killing after rebel attacks

Evidence

It was what the French soldier expected, and he reacted accordingly. … Leulliette himself recounts relieving in the Nementchas the 1st Parachute Regiment of the Foreign Legion (1st R.E.P.), just after one of their sergeant-majors had been knifed in the street. A quarter of an hour later the entire company descended on the Arab quarter: “Sixty-four people, mostly men, were slaughtered by automatic rifle or bayonet in less than an hour. Fire did the rest.” — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 516

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Collective responsibility led French units to execute innocent Arab farmhands — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 360; Brutal French reprisals backfired by deepening Algerian hatred of France — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 525; Fear of castration conditioned brutal French reprisals against Algerians. (+1 more)

Related

• Collective responsibility led French units to execute innocent Arab farmhands (similarity 0.86)
• French retaliation massacres played directly into the F.L.N.’s strategy (similarity 0.82)
• The F.L.N. mirrored French collective responsibility with collective reprisals (similarity 0.81)
• Brutal French reprisals backfired by deepening Algerian hatred of France (similarity 0.81)
• The F.L.N. adopted total war against French civilians in direct retaliation. (similarity 0.80)
• France’s collective responsibility doctrine mirrored the principle behind Nazi massacres. (similarity 0.80)
• Heavy-handed military reprisals in Algeria drove more Algerians to join the rebels. (similarity 0.80)
• Fear of castration conditioned brutal French reprisals against Algerians. (similarity 0.80)
• The F.L.N. massacred 301 peasants at Mélouza and blamed the French paras (similarity 0.80)
• The F.L.N. justified civilian massacre as reprisal for collective repression (similarity 0.79)
• French mass arrests replenished the F.L.N. ranks they meant to deplete (similarity 0.79)
• Collective responsibility backfired by giving the F.L.N. a key propaganda weapon. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Collective responsibility led French units to execute innocent Arab farmhands #expands (0.85) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 360
• Brutal French reprisals backfired by deepening Algerian hatred of France #expands (0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 525
• Fear of castration conditioned brutal French reprisals against Algerians. #expands (0.55)
• Rebel guerrilla tactics eroded the French army’s moral terror over its enemies #complicates (0.50)