Lifting military pressure let F.L.N. terrorism nearly double from November to December.

Evidence

With the pressure of the Challe offensive removed, the F.L.N. was able to launch a new terrorist campaign; whereas in November 710 incidents were recorded (the lowest number since 1955), in December they rose to 1,258. This resurgence of terrorism was enough to be heard in New York, and enough to enrage the pieds noirs, but not enough to provoke a reluctant de Gaulle into massive counter-measures. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1292 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

To Ben Khedda, speaking many years afterwards, the Muslim demonstration of December 1960 represented the “decisive turning-point of the war”, and it is a view with which many French historians concur. To Albert-Paul Lentin it represented a “Dien Bien Phu of official propaganda”. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1319 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Removal of military pressure let the F.L.N. double its terrorist incidents within a month — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1292; The F.L.N.’s planned December demonstration exploded far beyond organizers’ expectations.; The December 1960 Muslim demonstration reversed the war’s momentum — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1319 (+1 more)

Related

• Removal of military pressure let the F.L.N. double its terrorist incidents within a month (similarity 0.92)
• The F.L.N.’s planned December demonstration exploded far beyond organizers’ expectations. (similarity 0.91)
• The December 1960 Muslim demonstration reversed the war’s momentum (similarity 0.89)
• December 1960’s Muslim demonstrations decisively turned the Algerian war (similarity 0.84)
• Terrorist attacks boosted the F.L.N.’s diplomatic standing despite revulsion (similarity 0.83)
• F.L.N. terrorism in France alienated even its expected leftist allies. (similarity 0.83)
• The F.L.N.’s suspension of French terrorism encouraged de Gaulle’s peace initiative (similarity 0.83)
• The F.L.N. moved its terrorism into metropolitan France in summer 1958 (similarity 0.81)
• After December 1960 the army, not the pieds noirs, drove events in Algeria (similarity 0.81)
• F.L.N. terror backfired against France, not the F.L.N., abroad (similarity 0.81)
• The F.L.N.’s flags in Algiers triggered a mass demonstration exceeding all plans (similarity 0.80)
• Indiscriminate F.L.N. bombing alienated the Muslim working class (similarity 0.80)
• F.L.N. terrorism backfired against France more than against Algeria itself (similarity 0.80)
• F.L.N. France terrorism avoided indiscriminate civilian bombing (similarity 0.79)
• Abstention in 1960 Algerian elections evidenced F.L.N. control over the population. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Removal of military pressure let the F.L.N. double its terrorist incidents within a month #corroborates (0.98) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1292
• The F.L.N.’s planned December demonstration exploded far beyond organizers’ expectations. #expands (0.20)
• The December 1960 Muslim demonstration reversed the war’s momentum #expands (0.20) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1319
• The 11 December Muslim mass revolt exceeded even the F.L.N.’s own expectations #expands (0.15)