Thousands of French officers were implicated and internally denounced in the putsch’s aftermath

Evidence

Approximately 14,000 officers and men were estimated to have been implicated in the revolt in one degree or another, and by the end of April five generals and 200 other officers had been arrested. Each and every one was required to give an hour-by-hour account of his activities during the putsch, and for months afterwards the most disagreeable form of witch-hunt ensued. Conscripts denounced regular officers, seniors their juniors, and vice versa. Those who had perched unadmirably on the fence were now praised for their “abstention”, while those who had declared themselves forthrightly were condemned. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1405

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: A French army had not directly intervened in national politics since Napoleon’s coup; Public trust in the French army collapsed to twenty-four percent after the putsch — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1406; De Gaulle purged senior officers who failed to obey during the crisis — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1136

Related

• De Gaulle purged senior officers who failed to obey during the crisis (similarity 0.84)
• Public trust in the French army collapsed to twenty-four percent after the putsch (similarity 0.84)
• A French army had not directly intervened in national politics since Napoleon’s coup (similarity 0.83)
• De Gaulle purged the May 1958 army activists through scattered postings. (similarity 0.79)
• Senior French officers plotted an army takeover in Algeria in early 1957 (similarity 0.79)
• The Suez humiliation within the officer corps seeded the later 1958 revolt. (similarity 0.78)
• The generals’ putsch collapsed mainly because rank-and-file soldiers obeyed de Gaulle over their commanders (similarity 0.78)
• The failed December 1960 coup irrevocably committed part of the French army to revolt (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• De Gaulle purged senior officers who failed to obey during the crisis #expands (0.70) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1136