Pieds noirs most closely resembled whites of South Africa and Rhodesia

Evidence

What, then, was the overall aim of the O.A.S., in embarking upon what, by the summer of 1961, already looked like a lost cause? In simplest terms, it was to make it impossible for de Gaulle’s representatives to govern in Algeria; beyond that, there was little coherent, or unified, thought. Though studiously vague at the time, Salan told the author in 1973: “I thought that we could somehow orient opinion in France towards some kind of solution like South Africa — a kind of Apartheid for Algeria.” He expressed admiration for Ian Smith: “a man of spirit — and, look, Britain still has Rhodesia”! For many of the pieds noirs the ideal of Algérie française was now but a fantasy — though had it ever genuinely been much more? — and thoughts did gravitate towards a fascist kind of South Africa, with the Muslims “kept in their places”. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1481 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: OAS leaders dreamed of a South Africa-style apartheid Algeria. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1481

Related

• OAS leaders dreamed of a South Africa-style apartheid Algeria. (similarity 0.91)
• Pieds noirs never honestly wanted Algérie française but a protected white-ruled Algeria (similarity 0.83)
• Pieds noirs actually wanted economic privilege, not formal French Algeria (similarity 0.82)
• Desperation drove the poorer pieds noirs to rally to the O.A.S. as their protector (similarity 0.80)
• Petit blanc poverty drove them into O.A.S. extremism that doomed them (similarity 0.80)
• Pied noir militants read self-determination as betrayal of the war dead (similarity 0.79)
• Pieds noirs faced Europe while Muslim Algerians faced inland Africa (similarity 0.79)
• Desperate petits blancs rallied to the O.A.S. as the F.L.N. had to Muslims (similarity 0.78)
• The pieds noirs misread ‘Je vous ai compris’ as endorsing their cause (similarity 0.78)
• Pieds noirs and metropolitan French spoke different political languages. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• OAS leaders dreamed of a South Africa-style apartheid Algeria. #corroborates (0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1481