The OAS death toll in one month reached 553 through forced civilian mobilization

Evidence

To step up the offensive, Salan had ordered the “general mobilisation” of the whole French population of Algeria. Special “courts” were set up to “sanction” those refusing to co-operate; a “sanction” generally meant being turned over to Degueldre’s Deltas. By the end of February the death toll had risen to 553 for the one month. A grim pall of fear had settled over all Algiers, European and Muslim alike. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1563

Categorization

• SEED: The coercion of an entire civilian population into an armed movement — ‘general mobilisation’ with courts sanctioning refusals into death squads — is a striking mechanism of how a settler revolt militarizes its own community.
• XREF: connects to: The OAS executed six educators including writer Mouloud Feraoun; The OAS escalated to total war against French authority to force general paralysis; Defeated OAS destroyed Algeria’s French-built infrastructure and institutions (+1 more)

Related

• The OAS escalated to total war against French authority to force general paralysis (similarity 0.91)
• The OAS executed six educators including writer Mouloud Feraoun (similarity 0.89)
• O.A.S. killings escalated from six monthly deaths in August to 553 by February 1962 (similarity 0.84)
• Defeated OAS destroyed Algeria’s French-built infrastructure and institutions (similarity 0.80)
• Killing French conscripts turned the army decisively against the O.A.S. (similarity 0.79)
• The O.A.S. killed more Algerian civilians than the F.L.N. ever did (similarity 0.78)