The revolt began with only 350-400 guns and no Communist-bloc arms
Evidence
Ben Bella claimed that the F.L.N. started the revolt with only 350 to 400 miscellaneous firearms, and virtually nothing heavier than a machine-gun. Not a weapon, it is worth noting, at this stage or for several years to come, was provided by the Communist bloc; nor was more than a modest quantity of guns acquired elsewhere abroad with the F.L.N.’s slender funds. Thus, from the very beginning the theft of French arms from depots or their recovery on the battlefield became a prime military objective. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 257
Categorization
- SEED: Article angle: the myth of Soviet-armed anti-colonial insurgencies vs. the reality that the FLN armed itself largely by capturing French weapons.
- XREF: connects to: F.L.N. began its revolt with only 350 to 400 mostly sporting firearms; The Algerian revolt began with only 350-400 mixed firearms; The CIA involvement in the putsch was largely a Communist-press invention — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1354
Related
- F.L.N. began its revolt with only 350 to 400 mostly sporting firearms (similarity 0.97)
- The Algerian revolt began with only 350-400 mixed firearms (similarity 0.96)
- Eastern bloc nations first armed the Algerian rebels in late 1957 (similarity 0.82)
- The fledgling O.S. supplied the future F.L.N. its first operational funds (similarity 0.81)
- The F.L.N. systematically recovered fallen fighters’ firearms (similarity 0.80)
- The F.L.N. system recovered weapons from fallen fighters to deny them to the French. (similarity 0.79)
- The O.S. was the first body committed to armed confrontation with France. (similarity 0.78)