The A.L.N. paid double the casualties it inflicted in May 1958
Evidence
On the fighting front the A.L.N. was already reeling from heavy casualties suffered to little advantage on the Morice Line during the spring attacks of 1958. The political disarray in France was looked upon at first as a heaven-sent opportunity to relieve the military pressure. Attempting to exploit this, the A.L.N. stepped up the tempo of operations, inflicting in the week of 13 May alone unprecedented heavy casualties of 300 dead and wounded, among the dead being the renowned para leader, Colonel Jeanpierre, who had escaped with wounds during the hunting down of Yacef. But at the same time the A.L.N.’s losses had been twice that number, and in trained djounoud it could ill spare. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 962
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: The A.L.N. reached peak military strength in 1958 despite heavy losses; French operations had reduced the interior A.L.N. to 8,000 scattered men — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1160
Related
- The A.L.N. reached peak military strength in 1958 despite heavy losses (similarity 0.88)
- The A.L.N. peaked in 1958 even as French killed or captured 25,534 effectives. (similarity 0.86)
- French operations had reduced the interior A.L.N. to 8,000 scattered men (similarity 0.84)
- By 1960 French operations had destroyed most regular A.L.N. katibas inside Algeria (similarity 0.81)
- French military pressure by 1958 drove A.L.N. morale collapse and mass defection (similarity 0.80)
- French forces reached 160,000 and intelligence on the F.L.N. improved late in 1955 (similarity 0.80)
- The A.L.N. appeared statistically defeated by early 1960 (similarity 0.79)
- Pre-Challe French tactics wasted vast firepower while letting the A.L.N. slip away intact (similarity 0.79)
- A.L.N. guerrillas still mounted attacks despite terrible conditions (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- French operations had reduced the interior A.L.N. to 8,000 scattered men
#corroborates(0.40) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1160