Regroupement bred resistance even as it hampered the A.L.N. militarily.

Evidence

The double oppression, social and sexual, of the woman cracks and is finally shattered; and its essential nature as the social oppression of the family as a whole is revealed. It is simply that its weakest parts—the children, the elderly, the women—must bear the most exaggerated forms of oppression. But in the revolutionary struggle, the relative weakness, the apparent defenselessness of these groups disappear. What was formerly a disadvantage becomes an advantage for the revolution. The old man or woman who walks with halting steps past the military patrol, the timid woman hiding behind a veil, the innocent-faced child do not seem to the enemy to be dangers or threats. So they can pass arms, information, medicine. They can prepare surprise attacks, serve as guides and sentries. They can even take up arms themselves. — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 14 (#expands, via linked claim)

“One could no longer move,” stated one of Mohand Ou El-Hadj’s lieutenants: … One no longer ate. I was so weak that I could no longer even manage to carry my sub-machine-gun. The establishment of military posts, the multiplying of self-defence communities and intelligence agents was making life impossible, and even survival itself…. It was only by executing traitors one after the other that we did manage to survive. But one was never able to regain the initiative. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1015 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The A.L.N. reached peak military strength in 1958 despite heavy losses; Counterinsurgent double agents severed villagers’ food support from the A.L.N.; The oppressed group’s apparent weakness becomes a revolutionary advantage against the enemy — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 14 (+3 more)

Related

• Regroupment camps won militarily but drove Algerians into F.L.N. ranks (similarity 0.86)
• France regrouped a million Algerians to sever the army from the people (similarity 0.84)
• The Challe Plan’s pressure drove the A.L.N. near starvation and defensive paranoia. (similarity 0.84)
• The regroupment policy displaced over a million Algerian villagers into camps with scandalous conditions. (similarity 0.84)
• The oppressed group’s apparent weakness becomes a revolutionary advantage against the enemy (similarity 0.84)
• The A.L.N. reached peak military strength in 1958 despite heavy losses (similarity 0.83)
• Counterinsurgent double agents severed villagers’ food support from the A.L.N. (similarity 0.83)
• Heavy-handed military reprisals in Algeria drove more Algerians to join the rebels. (similarity 0.83)
• French regroupment policy severed the FLN from village support (similarity 0.82)
• Challe’s net starved the A.L.N. into losing the operational initiative (similarity 0.82)
• Algerian women regrouped in camps turned displacement into revolutionary political organization (similarity 0.82)
• Regroupment camps held a million Algerians in dead-of-cold, starvation conditions. (similarity 0.81)
• French regroupement policy relocated over a million Algerian peasants into guarded camps. (similarity 0.81)
• Regroupment camps produced physiological deterioration severe enough to defeat medication (similarity 0.81)
• French regroupment camps caused severe physiological deterioration among Algerians (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Regroupment camps won militarily but drove Algerians into F.L.N. ranks #contradicts (0.70)
• The oppressed group’s apparent weakness becomes a revolutionary advantage against the enemy #expands (0.60) — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 14
• The Challe Plan’s pressure drove the A.L.N. near starvation and defensive paranoia. #complicates (0.55) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1015