The December 1960 Muslim demonstration reversed the war’s momentum

Evidence

To Ben Khedda, speaking many years afterwards, the Muslim demonstration of December 1960 represented the “decisive turning-point of the war”, and it is a view with which many French historians concur. To Albert-Paul Lentin it represented a “Dien Bien Phu of official propaganda”. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1319

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Lifting military pressure let F.L.N. terrorism nearly double from November to December.; The F.L.N.’s planned December demonstration exploded far beyond organizers’ expectations.; After December 1960 the army, not the pieds noirs, drove events in Algeria (+2 more)

Related

• December 1960’s Muslim demonstrations decisively turned the Algerian war (similarity 0.92)
• The F.L.N.’s planned December demonstration exploded far beyond organizers’ expectations. (similarity 0.90)
• Lifting military pressure let F.L.N. terrorism nearly double from November to December. (similarity 0.89)
• After December 1960 the army, not the pieds noirs, drove events in Algeria (similarity 0.84)
• The F.L.N.’s flags in Algiers triggered a mass demonstration exceeding all plans (similarity 0.80)