The war’s opening victims embodied its fatal mutual destruction.

Evidence

In view of the pattern that the war was to assume, there was something tragically symbolic in the fact that among the seven to die on that first day would be a loyal caid and a “liberal” French teacher. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 275

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes the theme of ‘wars within’ that the reader is following — the revolution devouring its own potential allies, both Algerian and French. — connects to: Battle of Okinawa deaths rivaled the combined atomic bombing tolls.

Related

• Battle of Okinawa deaths rivaled the combined atomic bombing tolls. (similarity 0.88)
• The first deaths symbolically united a loyal Muslim and a liberal Frenchman. (similarity 0.80)
• The Algerian war was simultaneously a war of peace and one of extreme savagery (similarity 0.79)