Most French officers in Algeria refused to fight the O.A.S.
Evidence
Following the collapse of the April putsch, General Ailleret estimated that — while ten per cent of his officers were prepared to fight against the O.A.S. — ten per cent were actively favourable to it, and the remaining eighty per cent neutral and unlikely to obey orders to fire upon the army deserters with the O.A.S. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1491
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1491