Removal of military pressure let the F.L.N. double its terrorist incidents within a month

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

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the earlier chapters detailing the Challe offensive’s suppression of the F.L.N. — connects to: Lifting military pressure let F.L.N. terrorism nearly double from November to December.; The F.L.N.’s suspension of French terrorism encouraged de Gaulle’s peace initiative — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 973; F.L.N. terrorism and G.P.R.A. assertiveness eroded the French ‘third force’ Muslim strategy — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1283 (+1 more)

Related

• Lifting military pressure let F.L.N. terrorism nearly double from November to December. (similarity 0.92)
• The F.L.N.’s suspension of French terrorism encouraged de Gaulle’s peace initiative (similarity 0.89)
• The F.L.N. moved its terrorism into metropolitan France in summer 1958 (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)
• F.L.N. terrorism backfired against France more than against Algeria itself (similarity 0.82)
• F.L.N. terror backfired against France, not the F.L.N., abroad (similarity 0.82)
• Rebel guerrilla tactics eroded the French army’s moral terror over its enemies (similarity 0.81)
• F.L.N. shifted its terrorist focus to metropolitan France (similarity 0.81)
• F.L.N. France terrorism avoided indiscriminate civilian bombing (similarity 0.80)
• Indiscriminate F.L.N. bombing alienated the Muslim working class (similarity 0.80)
• F.L.N. attacks on French schools were targeted war against French culture, not random savagery (similarity 0.80)
• French offensives shattered the F.L.N.’s interior command-and-control network by 1959 (similarity 0.79)
• F.L.N. terror silenced Muslim informants and paralyzed collaboration with the French (similarity 0.79)
• French repression’s martyrs and the F.L.N.’s mere survival drove its 1955 recruitment (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• French military pressure by 1958 drove A.L.N. morale collapse and mass defection #corroborates (0.60)
• F.L.N. terrorism and G.P.R.A. assertiveness eroded the French ‘third force’ Muslim strategy #corroborates (0.40) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1283