The Algiers defeat exposed a fatal interior-exterior rift in F.L.N. leadership

Evidence

Greatly exacerbated by the defeat in Algiers and the forced withdrawal of the C.C.E. from the city, internal rifts had brought the F.L.N. leadership to the brink of disaster by the spring of 1957. Once again the basic issue lay in the contention between the “interior” and the “exterior”; and, once again, the figure of Ramdane Abane was at the storm centre. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 698 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Defeat in Algiers pushed the F.L.N. leadership toward internal collapse. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 698; Interior-exterior rivalry among leaders threatened the F.L.N. as much as French pressure.; The hijacking saved the F.L.N. from an interior-exterior split

Related

• The F.L.N.’s Algiers urban operations failed almost entirely on the opening night (similarity 0.94)
• Defeat in Algiers pushed the F.L.N. leadership toward internal collapse. (similarity 0.94)
• The hijacking saved the F.L.N. from an interior-exterior split (similarity 0.91)
• F.L.N. leadership regrouped in Tunis after losing Algiers to the French. (similarity 0.89)
• Interior-exterior rivalry among leaders threatened the F.L.N. as much as French pressure. (similarity 0.89)
• Post-independence leadership rivalries turned lethal within the F.L.N. (similarity 0.87)
• The hijacking unintentionally healed the FLN’s threatened internal split. (similarity 0.86)
• The F.L.N. strike aimed to externalize Algeria’s conflict to the United Nations. (similarity 0.84)
• F.L.N. power struggles intensified as independence approached. (similarity 0.84)
• France won the 1957 U.N. battle to keep Algeria an internal affair (similarity 0.83)
• de Gaulle’s backing of moderates collapsed as hard-liners took over the F.L.N. (similarity 0.82)
• French offensives shattered the F.L.N.’s interior command-and-control network by 1959 (similarity 0.81)
• Military victory in the Battle of Algiers ultimately aided F.L.N. long-term goals. (similarity 0.81)
• French operations had reduced the interior A.L.N. to 8,000 scattered men (similarity 0.81)
• Post-independence rivalry among Muslim leaders exceeded wartime bitterness against France (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Defeat in Algiers pushed the F.L.N. leadership toward internal collapse. #corroborates (0.85) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 698
• Interior-exterior rivalry among leaders threatened the F.L.N. as much as French pressure. #corroborates (0.85)
• The hijacking saved the F.L.N. from an interior-exterior split #qualifies (0.50)