The French committed 80,000 of their best troops to defend the Morice Line.

Evidence

Defending the line was a force some 80,000 strong, the most powerful concentration of French combat troops in Algeria. There were mechanised and armoured units, four para regiments—including the crack 1st R.E.P. of Colonel Jeanpierre who had been wounded during the capture of Yacef—and plentiful helicopters to spot any crossing-points and track the crossers. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 814

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Morice Line cut off the interior Wilayas from all exterior support. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 820; The Morice Line was an electrified, mined, and patrolled barrier across the Tunisian frontier. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 814; Boumedienne rejected attritional frontal attacks on the Morice Line and won by waiting — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1263

Related

• The Morice Line was an electrified, mined, and patrolled barrier across the Tunisian frontier. (similarity 0.91)
• The Morice Line cut off the interior Wilayas from all exterior support. (similarity 0.89)
• Boumedienne rejected attritional frontal attacks on the Morice Line and won by waiting (similarity 0.87)
• Boumedienne replaced mass breaching with pin-prick harassment and low-profile interior warfare (similarity 0.79)
• Boumedienne abandoned frontal assault for pinprick harassment to freeze French troops (similarity 0.79)
• Foreign weapons flowed through Tunisia while the interior Wilayas asphyxiated without reinforcements. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Boumedienne rejected attritional frontal attacks on the Morice Line and won by waiting #qualifies (0.50) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1263