The January 24 insurrection was a pre-planned coup, not a spontaneous reaction.
Evidence
At the time the impression was fostered that the insurrection of 24 January was a spontaneous outburst of rage on the part of the pieds noirs against the removal of their beloved Massu. It was, in fact, nothing of the sort, but a deliberately and long-prepared coup-de-main for which the bombe Massu was only a pretext; in any event, as Ortiz repeatedly made plain to his associates, he had little confidence in Massu himself as being a man who would go as far as he, Ortiz, wanted. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1091 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: The January insurrection was a preplanned coup using Massu only as pretext.; The January 1960 Algiers uprising was premeditated, not spontaneous — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1091
Related
- The January insurrection was a preplanned coup using Massu only as pretext. (similarity 0.97)
- The January 1960 Algiers uprising was premeditated, not spontaneous (similarity 0.92)
- De Gaulle sacked Massu over a press interview that criticized his Algerian policy. (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- The January insurrection was a preplanned coup using Massu only as pretext.
#corroborates(0.95) - The January 1960 Algiers uprising was premeditated, not spontaneous
#corroborates(0.90) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1091