The barricades marked the first killing of Frenchmen by Frenchmen in the war.

Evidence

Whatever the findings of any post-mortem, however, the fact of outstanding gravity was that, for France, a catastrophic frontier in the Algerian war had been crossed. For the first time Frenchmen had fired upon, and killed, other Frenchmen; to the historically minded the dreadful spectre of the 1940s and, farther back, of 1871 presented itself. Across the breadth of France would echo the dying words of one of the Algiers gendarmerie lieutenants: “For two years I’ve been fighting against the fellagha. Now I’m dying at the hands of people who cry Algérie française! I don’t understand…!” — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1100 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Frenchmen killing Frenchmen in Algeria crossed a civil-war threshold for France. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1100

Related

• Frenchmen killing Frenchmen in Algeria crossed a civil-war threshold for France. (similarity 0.92)
• The barricade massacre crossed a catastrophic frontier in the Algerian war. (similarity 0.83)
• The barricades insurrection proved the decisive failure of the Algérie française cause. (similarity 0.81)
• The Algerian war fit no declared-war category yet killed a million people (similarity 0.80)
• The Barricades affair marked the defeat of French Algeria policy (similarity 0.80)
• Algeria’s official war-dead figure of one million exceeds all credible estimates (similarity 0.80)
• The Algerian war was simultaneously a war of peace and one of extreme savagery (similarity 0.78)
• The pieds noirs, not Muslims, triggered the events sealing Algérie française’s fate (similarity 0.78)
• Algerians fighting for France outnumbered those fighting for independence (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Frenchmen killing Frenchmen in Algeria crossed a civil-war threshold for France. #corroborates (0.80) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1100