The Algerian army command openly threatened to replace de Gaulle over self-determination.

Evidence

At Challe’s headquarters five generals and eleven field officers from General Crépin downwards told Debré flatly that the army would not fire on the barricades. It was Colonel Argoud who dotted the is by declaring that the only possible solution was for de Gaulle to renounce “self-determination”; otherwise he would be replaced by General Challe. Upon which, Debré expostulated to Delouvrier, “But you have a soviet of colonels here!” — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1104

Categorization

• XREF: The ‘soviet of colonels’ prefigures the April 1961 generals’ putsch the reader will encounter later in the book. — connects to: Sakiet’s fallout made the Algerian army feel betrayed by Paris.; Massu publicly declared the army would not obey de Gaulle when still loyal; Algeria’s military ultimatum pressured a French president into inviting de Gaulle. (+6 more)

Related

• Dissident colonels threatened to replace de Gaulle with Challe. (similarity 0.94)
• Algeria’s military ultimatum pressured a French president into inviting de Gaulle. (similarity 0.90)
• Challe’s loyalty to the republic collapsed only when de Gaulle shifted toward Algerian self-determination (similarity 0.89)
• Algeria’s top army commander publicly pledged to disobey de Gaulle (similarity 0.87)
• Massu publicly declared the army would not obey de Gaulle when still loyal (similarity 0.87)
• Challe aimed to change Gaullist policy, not remove de Gaulle (similarity 0.87)
• Challe’s focus on battlefield offensives blinded him to his colonels’ plotting (similarity 0.86)
• De Gaulle symbolically asserted civilian control over the military in Algeria (similarity 0.85)
• Army officers saw the Algerian war as both career security and a noble cause. (similarity 0.85)
• Junior officers saw Algerian independence immediately in de Gaulle’s self-determination speech (similarity 0.85)
• Sakiet’s fallout made the Algerian army feel betrayed by Paris. (similarity 0.84)
• De Gaulle’s Algeria offensive aimed partly to distract the army from politics (similarity 0.83)
• De Gaulle let subordinates voice hard-line positions he would later disavow. (similarity 0.83)
• De Gaulle took power in June 1958 offering no Algerian solution. (similarity 0.83)
• The army viewed any negotiated ceasefire as toppling its war effort in Algeria (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• De Gaulle sought army success to reconcile it to Algerian independence #corroborates (0.70) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1002
• De Gaulle symbolically asserted civilian control over the military in Algeria #contradicts (0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 953
• Challe’s loyalty to the republic collapsed only when de Gaulle shifted toward Algerian self-determination #corroborates (0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1344
• De Gaulle’s Algeria offensive aimed partly to distract the army from politics #corroborates (0.55) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 952