The Algerian war’s decisive turning point came from the pieds noirs, not the FLN.

Evidence

ENTERING its sixth year, the Algerian war had already lasted longer than the First World War and longer than American participation in the Second. Now, as the new year of 1960 approached, it was about to bring with it events that would seal the fate of Algérie française. All that followed in the final two years of the struggle would be little more than a fore-ordained postscript. And the first notes of the tocsin would be sounded, not by the Muslims or the F.L.N., but by the pieds noirs themselves. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1065

Categorization

• XREF: Sets up the ‘suitcase or coffin’ ultimatum that resolves in 1962 — connects to the reader’s interest in how colonial ideology fought back. — connects to: The bazooka assassination attempt stemmed from pied noir ultras, not the FLN; The pieds noirs, not Muslims, triggered the events sealing Algérie française’s fate; After December 1960 the army, not the pieds noirs, drove events in Algeria (+1 more)

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• The pieds noirs, not Muslims, triggered the events sealing Algérie française’s fate (similarity 0.90)
• Pied noir factions demanded a second front against FLN and Paris alike. (similarity 0.84)
• After December 1960 the army, not the pieds noirs, drove events in Algeria (similarity 0.82)
• Pieds noirs never honestly wanted Algérie française but a protected white-ruled Algeria (similarity 0.81)
• Algerian revolutionaries split between moderates and hard-liners over the pied noir presence (similarity 0.80)
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• The army, not the pieds noirs, drove events for six months from late 1960. (similarity 0.79)
• Desperation drove the poorer pieds noirs to rally to the O.A.S. as their protector (similarity 0.79)
• The pied noir lobby immediately demanded violent suppression of the revolt (similarity 0.79)
• Pied noir soldiers balked at shooting Muslim demonstrators to save Algérie française (similarity 0.78)
• An airborne colonel led the pied noir territorial militia and every Algiers intrigue. (similarity 0.78)