Rapidly shifting loyalties in wartime France weakened Algerian trust in any authority

Evidence

On top of the humiliation of defeat was compounded the confusion of not knowing what authority represented the true France. After 1940, while the French colonies in Equatorial Africa went over to de Gaulle, Algeria remained pro-Vichy; thus, within three years, Algerians found their loyalty invoked first to Pétain, then to Darlan, then Giraud and finally de Gaulle. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 119 (#expands, via linked claim)

To Muslim minds, particularly sensitive to prestige and baraka, the humiliation made a deep impression. The reaction of many was: “France has had it; so why not pay our taxes to the Germans, instead of to France?” … The population is therefore very poor, and the food and clothing position among the people has caused us all a lot of worry. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 116 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

As long as you keep Algiers, you will be constantly at war with Africa; sometimes this war will seem to end; but these people will not hate you any the less; it will be a half-extinguished fire that will smoulder under the ash and which, at the first opportunity, will burst into a vast conflagration. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 63 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Algerians were forced to shift loyalty across four French authorities within three years — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 119; The 1940 defeat fatally undermined French prestige in Algerian Muslim eyes — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 116; A lingering Algerian hatred of French rule simmers until it erupts into war — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 63 (+4 more)

Related

• Algerians were forced to shift loyalty across four French authorities within three years (similarity 0.93)
• The 1940 defeat fatally undermined French prestige in Algerian Muslim eyes (similarity 0.87)
• Each French regime change since 1793 fractured army loyalties, uniquely in world history (similarity 0.86)
• A lingering Algerian hatred of French rule simmers until it erupts into war (similarity 0.85)
• The French army’s 1940 humiliation fueled its determination not to lose Algeria. (similarity 0.85)
• Algeria remained pro-Vichy while Equatorial Africa went over to de Gaulle. (similarity 0.84)
• Repeated regime changes left the French army uniquely divided over where its loyalties lay (similarity 0.83)
• By late 1960 both Muslim and European Algerians had lost faith in de Gaulle (similarity 0.83)
• De Gaulle’s allies saw Algeria as subordinate to the French state’s crisis (similarity 0.83)
• Army officers saw the Algerian war as both career security and a noble cause. (similarity 0.82)
• The French army in Algeria transformed from clumsy to effective by 1956 (similarity 0.82)
• A single commander’s purge executed as many as three thousand Algerians (similarity 0.82)
• Fear of castration conditioned brutal French reprisals against Algerians. (similarity 0.82)
• The French army’s will to win sprang from 1940 humiliation, not colonial ideals (similarity 0.82)
• Algiers ultras harbored deep Pétainist loyalties and distrust of de Gaulle (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• Algerians were forced to shift loyalty across four French authorities within three years #expands (0.75) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 119
• The 1940 defeat fatally undermined French prestige in Algerian Muslim eyes #corroborates (0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 116
• A lingering Algerian hatred of French rule simmers until it erupts into war #expands (0.50) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 63